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Duarte City Council receives regional broadband study presentation; agrees to file update
Summary
Consultants presented a seven-city regional broadband study commissioned by Monrovia and funded by a CPUC technical-assistance grant. Council voted to receive and file the presentation while staff pursue industry engagement and code review to attract providers.
Brenda Trainor, a consultant with Frontier Trail Strategies, presented a regional broadband study commissioned by the City of Monrovia and involving seven neighboring cities. Council members received the presentation and voted to "receive and file" the report.
Trainor said the project—funded through a California Public Utilities Commission LATA technical-assistance grant—aims not to build a city-owned network but to "identify the challenges" preventing better service and to bring providers to the table. She described work to compare municipal codes across participating cities, assess market demand and regulatory barriers, and…
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