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<div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:13px">Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the </i><i style="font-size:13px">Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom.  Send feedback.  Forward Widely.</i></div></div><div><i style="font-size:13px"><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/hr-trostle-co-ops-munis-connectivity-north-carolina-community-broadband-bits-podcast-224" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">H.R. Trostle On Co-ops, Munis, Connectivity In North Carolina - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 224</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, October 18, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/hr-trostle-co-ops-munis-connectivity-north-carolina-community-broadband-bits-podcast-224" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-community-bb-networks.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">In June, North Carolina released a report pronouncing that 93 percent of the state has access to broadband speeds. At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, our Research Associate H.R. Trostle, who has been examining reporting data in North Carolina for the past year, came to some very different conclusions. In episode 224, she and Christopher talk about the report they co-authored, which gives a different perspective on the connectivity situation in the Tar Heel State.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">In their report, <strong><em><a href="https://muninetworks.org/reports/north-carolina-connectivity-good-bad-and-ugly" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">North Carolina Connectivity: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</a></em></strong>, Trostle discovered that, while urban areas have been well served by the big private providers, those same national companies have shunned rural areas. Instead, rural cooperatives and municipal networks are attempting to serve their residents and businesses with high-quality Internet access. It isn’t easy, however, when state laws discourage investment and access to federal funding.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Trostle gets into her analysis of the data, its limitations, and what we can learn from both. She and Chris go through some of the recommendations they provide to the state of North Carolina as it moves forward. The obvious first step is to repeal the state’s barrier on municipal network expansion, which has caused real harm in <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/wilson-forced-turn-service-pinetops" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Pinetops, North Carolina</a>. They also offer advice on how to facilitate telephone and electric cooperative investment and what that could mean for rural North Carolina.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/hr-trostle-co-ops-munis-connectivity-north-carolina-community-broadband-bits-podcast-224">... Listen to the Show Here ...</a></p></div></div><div><br></div><div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/co-editors-want-yes-its-only-logical" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">CO Editors Want A "Yes": It's Only Logical</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, October 17, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/co-editors-want-yes-its-only-logical" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-cortez-journal.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="27" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">As Election Day approaches, people in a number of Colorado communities will be addressing special ballot questions on local telecommunications authority. Editors of the local news source, the Journal, <a href="http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20161010/OPINION01/161019994/%E2%80%98Yes%E2%80%99-on-1A-2A-opt-out-of-SB-152" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">encourage voters in Montezuma County and Dolores to opt out</a> of harmful SB 152 and reclaim authority taken away in 2005.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>“That Industry Has Had Its Chance”</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to editors at the Journal, SB 152 may have sounded like a good thing to legislators in 2005, but big corporate providers have not lived up to promises to bring high-quality connectivity to rural Colorado:</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/co-editors-want-yes-its-only-logical">... Read That Quote and Many More Details Here ...</a><br><br></p></div></div><div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/stark-county-ohios-fourth-utility-feasibility-study-complete" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Stark County, Ohio's Fourth Utility: Feasibility Study Complete</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, October 18, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/stark-county-ohios-fourth-utility-feasibility-study-complete" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-stark-county-oh_0.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The results of a study are in and its authors <a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20161012/agency-needed-to-lead-stark-county-broadband-effort" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">recommend Stark County invest</a> in a regional <a class="gmail-glossary-term" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term456" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="Middle mile is a term most often referring to the network connection between the last mile and greater Internet.  For instance, in a rural area, the middle mile would likely connect the town's network to a larger metropolitan area where it interconnects with major carriers.">middle mile</cite></a> <a class="gmail-glossary-term" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term10" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="A system that uses glass (or plastic) to carry light which is used to transmit information.  Typically, each side of the fiber is attached to a laser that send the light signals.  When the connection reaches capacity, the lasers may be upgraded to send much more information along the same strand of fiber.  This technology has been used for decades and will remain the dominant method of transmitting information for the foreseeable future.">fiber-optic</cite></a> network, establish a broadband authority, and take other significant steps to keep the county from falling behind in today’s economy.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>The Fourth Utility</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The county has relied heavily on manufacturing and retail in the past but as those opportunities dry up, young people are moving away and the future is in jeopardy. Healthcare is another strong industry in the region, but access to high-quality connections is now a must-have for hospitals and clinics. Elected officials also recognize that diversifying the local economy to lure companies that offer higher paying positions will bring new blood to Stark County.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/stark-county-ohios-fourth-utility-feasibility-study-complete">... Read the Full Story Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/radio-time-blake-mobley-rio-blanco-county-colorado" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Radio Time With Blake Mobley From Rio Blanco County, Colorado</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, October 19, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/radio-time-blake-mobley-rio-blanco-county-colorado" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-colorado.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Rio Blanco County, Colorado, is <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/rio-blanco-county-fiber-project-forges-ahead" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">moving along nicely</a> with its Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) infrastructure investment. Readers will recall that two years ago, voters in the mostly rural county in the northwest corner of the state reclaimed local authority and soon after the community commenced plans to improve connectivity.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">In a recent interview of <a href="http://kdnk.org/post/rio-blanco-county-it-director-talks-broadband" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">KDNK’s Geekspeak</a>, Rio Blanco County’s IT Director Blake Mobley described details of the project as it moves forward. He also describes how people in the county are hungry for better Internet access. The guys touch on local control and how several other communities in Colorado are voting on the right to make their own telecommunications decisions this election season.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/radio-time-blake-mobley-rio-blanco-county-colorado">... Read and Listen to More Information Here ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/national-cooperative-month-celebrate-gigabit-cooperatives" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">National Cooperative Month: Celebrate Gigabit Cooperatives</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, October 20, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/hannah" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">hannah</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/national-cooperative-month-celebrate-gigabit-cooperatives" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/barn-flag.jpg" alt="" title="" width="83" height="125" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Time to celebrate the work of rural cooperatives that bring high-quality Internet access to residents and businesses forgotten by national corporate providers. October is<strong>National Cooperative Month</strong>! Let’s celebrate some of the accomplishments of those cooperatives providing next-generation connectivity. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We pulled together a list of cooperatives who were actively advertising residential access to a Gigabit (1,000 <a class="gmail-glossary-term" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term18" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="Megabits per second - a measure of speed.  8 Mbps means that 8 million bits are transferred each second.  Using an 8 Mbps connection, it would take 1 second to transfer an 1 MB (Megabyte) file - a photo, for instance.  Don't get lost in the details - when it comes to Mbps, more is faster.  1 Kbps (Kilobits)<1 Mbps<1 Gbps (Gigabits)">Mbps</cite></a>) at the end of 2015. These cooperatives rang in 2016 with Gigabit speeds, inspiring others to improve rural connectivity throughout the U.S.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">To assemble the list, we used Federal Communications Commission (FCC) <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/broadband-deployment-data-fcc-form-477" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Form 477 data</a> from December 2015 to find all the providers advertising a residential Gigabit <a class="gmail-glossary-term" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term8" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="Internet connections have two components - a downstream and upstream.  Downstream refers to the rate at which the user's computer can receive data from the Internet.">download</cite></a> speed. This generated a list of about 200 providers. Those providers were then manually sorted into “cooperative” or “not cooperative” based on publicly available information.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/national-cooperative-month-celebrate-gigabit-cooperatives">... See the Full List of Co-ops Here ...</a><br><br></p></div></div></div><div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/gigi-sohn-speaks-new-battlefield" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Gigi Sohn Speaks: A New Battlefield</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, October 20, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/gigi-sohn-speaks-new-battlefield" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/Gigi-Sohn.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">A few of us from the Community Broadband Networks Initiative recently attended the BBC <a href="http://www.bbcmag.com/minneapolis/about.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Community Toolkit Program & Economic Development conference</a> in downtown Minneapolis. On the first day, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/about/fcc-staff/gigi-b-sohn" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Gigi Sohn</a>, Special Counselor for External Affairs for Chairman Wheeler at the FCC received the award from the <a href="http://www.localnetchoice.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Coalition for Local Internet Choice</a> for the Local Internet Choice National Champion. The Obama administration’s FCC, under the guidance of Chairman Wheeler and the sage advice of Gigi, has become enlightened to the positive potential of community networks. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Pressing On</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">To their credit, the agency has dealt with a number of issues, including network neutrality and a number of other consumer centric matters. We have reported on some of them, but the most central to our work has been the issue of state laws that restrict the deployment and expansion of municipal Internet networks. Gigi, as one of Chairman Wheeler’s top advisors on this matter, played a pivotal role in helping the agency pursue municipal networks as a critical aid to local control, competition, and the ultimate national goal of ubiquitous Internet access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/gigi-sohn-speaks-new-battlefield">... Read the Rest of Our Summary or Watch the Video Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-wins-nsf-grant-pursue-networking-technologies-public-safety" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Ammon Wins NSF Grant To Pursue Networking Technologies for Public Safety</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Sat, October 22, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/scott" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Scott</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-wins-nsf-grant-pursue-networking-technologies-public-safety" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-ammon-id.gif" alt="" title="" width="125" height="41" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The <a href="http://b.ci.ammon.id.us/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">city of Ammon</a>, Idaho, continues to garner more recognition and opportunities from its unfolding municipal fiber network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">In a recent news release, Ammon officials announced the city received approximately $600,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to partner with the <a href="http://www.utah.edu/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">University of Utah. </a>They will research and develop a series of next-generation networking technologies supporting public safety. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-wins-nsf-grant-pursue-networking-technologies-public-safety">... More on This Well-Deserved Grant Here ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="gmail-title" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bt-brings-free-wi-fi-new-burlington-transit-center" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">BT Brings Free Wi-Fi To New Burlington Transit Center</a></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-submitted" style="font-size:0.9em">Fri, October 21, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/scott" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Scott</a></span></div><div class="gmail-content" style="font-family:verdana,tahoma,"dejavu sans",sans-serif"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-type-filefield gmail-field-field-image" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bt-brings-free-wi-fi-new-burlington-transit-center" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser gmail-imagecache-linked gmail-imagecache-teaser_linked" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-bt-2014.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="48" class="gmail-imagecache gmail-imagecache-teaser" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.burlingtontelecom.net/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Burlington Telecom</a> is teaming with <a href="http://ridegmt.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Green Mountain Transit</a> to provide free high-speed <a class="gmail-glossary-term" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term29" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="This is a suite of protocols that allow wireless devices to exchange information using unlicensed frequencies.  Equipment carrying the Wi-Fi brand is interoperable.  Recently, a number of cities and some private companies attempted to blanket their cities with Wi-Fi but the technology is not well suited to such large scale efforts.  Wi-Fi has proved tremendously successful in homes and businesses on small cities.">Wi-Fi</cite></a> to commuters and GMT employees at the new transit center, reports<a href="http://www.vermontbiz.com/news/october/downtown-transit-center-offer-gigabit-wifi-hotspot-burlington" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Vermont Business magazine. </a>The bus transit cent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