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                            <span style="font-size:12px">The coverage of Virginia's <a href="https://muninetworks.org/tags/va-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">anti-municipal broadband bill (HB 2108)</a> continues, we examine a <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/free-press-report-examines-race-and-digital-divide?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">report on race and the digital divide</a> from Free Press, and discuss a Minnesota Co-op's attempt to <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/rural-co-op-fiber-draws-new-business-bolsters-established-firms-mn?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">bolster local economic development</a>.</span>
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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/byrons-conflicts-va-how-deep-do-they-go?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Byron's Conflicts In VA: How Deep Do They Go?</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">Conflicts of interest have been front and center in federal politics this election cycle, but there is another place where we see a grey cloud of impropriety: the Virginia General Assembly. More specifically, above the head of Republican Delegate Kathy Byron, <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/state-bills-block-munis-start-mo-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">who last week introduced HB 2108</a>, the “Broadband Deployment Act.” </span></p>

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<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">We noticed Byron is inclined to accept sizable campaign donations from big cable and DSL corporate friends, but <a href="http://stopthecap.com/2017/01/19/virginia-scammed-industry-ghostwritten-broadband-ban-bill/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Phil Dampier’s excellent article on Stop the Cap!</a> took a deeper look at her dubious connections. Tracing campaign dollars from state legislators who sponsor these bills back to companies like Verizon ($36,100 for Byron), Comcast ($3,000), AT&T ($9,250), and CenturyLink ($3,500) is no surprise. Finding similar connections to their state lobbying groups such as the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association is also typical (a generous $15,000). For people like Dampier and us, it's kind of par for the course.<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/byrons-conflicts-va-how-deep-do-they-go?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/free-press-report-examines-race-and-digital-divide?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Free Press Report Examines Race And The Digital Divide</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">In December 2016, the Free Press released the extensive report<a href="http://www.freepress.net/sites/default/files/resources/digital_denied_free_press_report_december_2016.pdf?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" title="digital denied report link" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"> <em><strong>Digital Denied: The Impact of Systemic Racial Discrimination on Home-Internet Adoption</strong></em></a>. In the 225-page document, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner dove into the numbers on race and the digital divide</span></p>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">The report provides a qualitative analysis of the <a href="http://www.freepress.net/press-release/107701/free-press-report-exposes-impact-of-systemic-racism-on-internet-adoption?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" title="link to digital denied press release" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">digital divide's disproportionate impact people of color</a>. Turner provides a number of policy solutions addressing both home Internet access and mobile Internet access.<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/free-press-report-examines-race-and-digital-divide?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">High-quality connectivity from the local cooperative is attracting economic development to rural Minnesota. <a href="https://www.connectctc.com/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Consolidated Telecommunications Company</a> (CTC), began developing a fiber-optic network in the Brainerd area in the early 2000s; as the cooperative has expanded the network, businesses are getting fast, affordable, reliable connectivity.<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/rural-co-op-fiber-draws-new-business-bolsters-established-firms-mn?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/kitsap-residents-demand-fiber-and-get-it-community-broadband-bits-podcast-237?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Kitsap Residents Demand Fiber - And Get it - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 237</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">When we first learned of the <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/connectivity-kitsap-lud-lookout-lane?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Lookout Lane fiber-optic project</a> in the <a href="http://www.kpud.org/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Kitsap Public Utility District</a> in Washington, we knew we wanted to learn more. Kitsap PUD General Manager Bob Hunter and Telecommunications Superintendent Paul Avis join us for episode 237 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast.<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/kitsap-residents-demand-fiber-and-get-it-community-broadband-bits-podcast-237?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Listen to the podcast...</a></span></p>

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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/local-national-media-eyes-hb-2108-va-legislature?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Local, National Media Eyes On HB 2108 In VA Legislature</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">When Delegate Kathy Byron introduced <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2108&utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">HB 2108</a>, cheekily titled the “Broadband Deployment Act,” she might have not have expected so much attention from local and national reporters. Local media outlets, especially in areas directly threatened by the bill, are alerting constituents about threats to improve local connectivity. National news is also covering the story, describing how Virginia communities that can't get high-quality connectivity from national providers could fall victim to big cable and DSL lobbyists if HB 2108 passes. Constituents are taking notice, but the legislative session is just getting started in Virginia.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/local-national-media-eyes-hb-2108-va-legislature?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/moving-forward-remember-past-local-government-resolutions?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Moving Forward, Remember Past Local Government Resolutions</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">We have already seen <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/state-bills-block-munis-start-mo-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" title="link to VA MO legislation" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Virginia and Missouri take up legislation</a> to preempt local control and deter municipal networks. Although bearing innocuous names such as the “Virginia Broadband Deployment Act,” these bills stifle competition instead of empowering communities. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/moving-forward-remember-past-local-government-resolutions?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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                        <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/press-kit-va-bill-information-your-fingertips?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:15px"><span style="color:#cc6600">Press Kit on VA Bill: Information At Your Fingertips</span></span></a>

<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px">Proponents of better connectivity in Virginia are setting off <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/state-bills-block-munis-start-mo-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">alarms about HB 2108</a>, a bill that will effectively bar municipal networks and prevent local communities from working with private sector partners. In order to educate the public about the miseries this bill will present, <a href="http://www.friendsofmunicipalbroadband.com/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Friends of Municipal Broadband</a> developed <a href="http://www.friendsofmunicipalbroadband.com/press-kit/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">a press kit</a> with materials to help spread the word.<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/press-kit-va-bill-information-your-fingertips?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...See the press kit...</a></span></p>

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<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px"><strong>California</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfs-model-citywide-gigabit-speed-internet-service-come-june/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">SF's model for citywide gigabit-speed Internet service could come by June</a> by Joshua Sabatini, San Francisco Examiner</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13px"><strong>Colorado</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2017/01/colorado-governor-joins-battle-bring-better-broadband-rural-america?mc_cid=292d8a72cf&mc_eid=2910c7b52b&utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Colorado Governor joins the battle to bring better broadband to rural America</a> by Laura Hamilton, CED Magazine</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13px"><strong>Illinois</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Shelby-County-Ill-Looks-to-Boost-Broadband-Speeds.html?mc_cid=6771247896&mc_eid=2910c7b52b&utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Shelby County, Ill., looks to boost broadband speeds</a> by Stan Polanski, Government Technology<br>
<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-january-23-0?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=3f04ad76b3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-3f04ad76b3-82753625" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #2BAADF;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">...Read the article...</a></span></p>

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