So it turns out that Longmont isn’t such a terrible place after all. According to Zach Walton at WebProNews, the town’s working on delivering fast, fiber network Internet to businesses and 1,100 homes.
Walton neatly summed up the awfulness of our current Internet service provider situation when he wrote that:
The residents voted in 2011 to get rid of a statute that prevents the city from offering Internet to its citizens. Before that, residents had to contend with the high prices and low speeds that are emblematic of current ISPs.
I know there’s always talk of smaller government, but imagine a world of cheaper, better Internet. I can’t believe how many times I’ve cursed Comcast’s name as I wait for an episode fo The X Files to slowly load on my laptop.
Now if only Fort Collins would follow Longmont’s lead (that’s something I never thought I’d write.)
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Content Managing Editor Nic Turiciano is a senior journalism major. He writes about music, film, pop culture and all things associated with leisure. He began at the Collegian in the fall of 2009, is the former local director for 90.5 KCSU Fort Collins and contributor for www.theawl.com. He can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
