City-Owned Fiber Network a Go as Judge Tosses Telco Lawsuit
ars technica, October 9, 2008
By Nate Anderson
Bridgewater Telephone Co. sued the city of Monticello, Minn., for beginning construction of a city-owned and -operated fiber-optic network. A District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit, finding that the city was well within its rights to build the network by issuing municipal bonds.
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