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ANALYSIS: Despite Glossy Reports, Muni Broadband is Still a Net Money Loser

Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization

May 6, 2013

Steven Titch

This subsection of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization reviews failing attempts to implement municipal broadband.

Annual Privatization Report 2013

Privatization trends in local, state and federal government, plus roads, highways, aviation, education, telecom and more

April 1, 2013

Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny

Now in its 26th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report is the world's longest running and most comprehensive report on privatization news, developments and trends.

Annual Privatization Report 2013 (APR 2013) details the latest on privatization and government reform initiatives at all levels of government. The individual sections, which will be released in the weeks ahead, include:

• Air Transportation
• Surface Transportation
• Federal Government Privatization
• State Government Privatization
• Local Government Privatization
• Education
• Criminal Justice and Corrections

Muni Broadband: The Idea that Won't Die

January 30, 2012, 5:17pm

Steven Titch

Yep, the Broadband Stimulus Funded Overbuilds

May 4, 2011, 4:16pm

Steven Titch

Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the $787-billion stimulus enacted in 2009, financed public broadband buildouts in areas already served by commercial service providers.

How Long Before Someone Dies Because of an Unsecured Wireless Router?

April 26, 2011, 11:48am

Steven Titch

According to an AP story out of Buffalo, N.Y., federal agents armed with assault weapons stormed a residence in the early morning hours last month looking for child porn on a home PC. The homeowner, whom the article did not identify, was roughed up and forced to the floor at gunpoint while agents accused him of being a creep and pervert.

The Year 2010 in IT Outsourcing, Network Neutrality, and Federal Broadband

Telecommunications Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010

February 25, 2011

Steven Titch, Leonard Gilroy

This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2010 provides an overview of hot topics in technology outsourcing and telecommunications policy. Topics include:

• IT outsourcing in state governments,
• Cloud computing and the future of IT outsourcing,
• the national Network Neutrality debate, and
• an analysis of the FCC's new National Broadband Plan.

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