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Fort Collins Mayor On Moving Forward With Civic Broadband05:01
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January 12, 2018

This May 26, 2014 photo shows ethernet connectors. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

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As the Federal Communications Commission moves to scrap net neutrality rules, communities like Fort Collins, Colorado, are building their own networks, and offering broadband connections to their citizens as a utility.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell (@wadetroxell).

This segment aired on January 12, 2018.

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