Biden Proposes Government Actually Try to Create Broadband Competition [telecom]

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The broadband proposal in the American Jobs Act prioritizes allowing utilities and co-ops to provide a public option to compete with telecom monopolies. This would be a critical step.

By Sean Gonsalves, Christopher Mitchell

Doug Seacat, founder of the Ridgway, Colorado-based IT consulting company Deeply Digital, got a call several years ago from one of his biggest clients. CenturyLink, the only internet service provider in the region, initially said it could provide him a high-speed fiber connection, but then decided it couldn't.