Municipal broadband plays a critical role in making the goal of universal deployment a reality. Traditionally, local governments have proven vital in deploying necessary infrastructure. For example, local governments built municipal power systems as part of the efforts to electrify America in the first part of the 20th Century. Local governments run public transportation networks and sewage networks, maintain local roads, build schools and hospitals despite the fact that private businesses could, and in many places do, provide competing services. As broadband becomes a necessary utility for commerce, education and healthcare, hundreds of local government entities across the country have taken up their traditional role of providing needed services to residents and local businesses.
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