Palo Alto Conducts Fiber-optic Cost-Benefit Analysis

Can and should Palo Alto, CA wire the city with Fiber-optic cable to compete with commercial services?

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September 23, 2003, 11:00 AM PDT

"A $40 million plan to wire Palo Alto with city-owned fiber-optic cable is on hold while city staffers scramble to put together a rigorous cost-benefit analysis... City officials say the analysis is crucial as they attempt to determine whether Palo Alto can turn a profit by providing high-speed Internet and television service to the town's 60,000 residents."

Thanks to California Infrastructure Brief

FULL STORY: City taking hard look at fiber-optic proposal

Sunday, September 21, 2003 in San Jose Mercury News

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