Ambitious Plan Would Bring Statewide Public Broadband to Michigan [telecom]
"Mi-Fi" would treat the Internet like a utility instead of a commodity.
By David Grossman
A gubernational candidate in Michigan wants the entire state to have free, publicly owned Internet. Abdul El-Sayed, running as Democrat in this fall's election, calls it "Mi-Fi."
Public networks are an idea that has been growing in both political parties. In January, there were rumors that President Trump was going to push for a nationalized 5G network outside of private control, that idea has yet to formally materialize on the national scale.
Posted 5 years ago by Bill Horne in General Telecommunications Forum
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