Tacoma Public-Private Broadband Network to Include Privacy, Net Neutrality
A proposed private-public municipal broadband partnership in Tacoma, Washington, would include net neutrality and data privacy rules like those reversed at the federal level. The city is reviewing terms sheets with local private ISPs Rainier Connect and Wave Broadband for…
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a partnership with one of the providers to operate the publicly owned Click Network. The Tacoma Public Utility Board voted to negotiate a contract with Rainier Connect; the City Council will review that decision, the city and utility said. “These proposals represent unprecedented private sector commitments to net neutrality, privacy, low-income affordability and non-transfer to entities with substantial market share,” said Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards (nonpartisan).