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Laketown Saugatuck seek faster internet via fiber and Comcast
Laketown Township and Saugatuck residents pursued an eight point seven million dollar fiber millage in 2016 to fund a township owned network. After a divided vote and repeated revote attempts, Comcast partnered to expand service, while locals pressed for non taxpayer funded broadband and better mapping. Authorities study FCC data against Connect Michigan maps to identify unserved areas and discuss net neutrality after a federal rollback.
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David Slikkers
Laketown
Fiber Optics Yes
Lynn Smith
Slikkers
Smith
Kathy McCleod
Meshkin
Tim Nowakowski
Terry Hofmeyer
Hofmeyer
Bruns
United Kingdom
Comcast
Saugatuck
Bill Gillmore
Citizen Group
Verizon Wireless
Gillmore
Burger King
Eric Frederick
Connect Michigan
Connected Nation
Michigan
Frederick
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
U.S. Census Bureau
Gilbert
Connect
Fredrickson
Allegan County
Ottawa County
Barack Obama
Ajit Pai
Mary Whiteford
Casco
Whiteford
House Committee On Communications and Technology
Rick Snyder
Michigan Consortium For Advanced Networks
Therese Empie
Connect America Fund
Empie
Board of Trustees
T.V. White Space