A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community. From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
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communitynets.orgChattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community NetworksSince 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
Comcast tried repeatedly to destroy the Chattanooga network, whether it was lawsuits, fake disinformation spread among locals by fake "consumer groups," or bullshit lies and distortions spread by all the "Libertarian free market" think tanks they fund
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