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Broadband task force initiates community survey to guide internet plan

The Broadband Business Planning Task Force passed a motion to solicit public input through a survey on internet infrastructure at its Wednesday meeting.

The task force, assigned to evaluate existing internet and to devise a business plan for the future of the city’s internet, has already pushed out a request for a consultant. But members concluded they needed to gather input from the community to inform assessment and guide recommendations.

“There’s a whole wealth of information out there,” said Karen Sicheneder, owner of 360 Como. She said the task force now needs to ask itself how it can best gather that information.

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