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Longmont marks 10 years of municipal fiber NextLight, cites adoption by schools, businesses and households
Summary
City officials and unnamed speakers celebrated the 10th anniversary of NextLight, Longmont’s municipally owned fiber network, highlighting origins in a 1990s utility fiber loop, a 15-year pause tied to state law, strong voter support for buildout, wide community adoption and partnerships with the St. Vrain Valley School District.
The City of Longmont marked the 10th anniversary of NextLight, its municipally owned fiber-optic internet service, with speakers citing broad community adoption, business benefits and partnerships with local schools.
Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, said, "The city of Longmont knows success starts with the fundamentals. The high quality, highly acclaimed city owned services that help the entire community grow, like its increasingly renewable electricity or its pure and safe drinking water. And then, of course, there's" NextLight, a municipal network launched to provide high-speed internet…
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