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Public and private collaboration to build hyper connected Chicago

Done correctly, Chicago’s Broadband Challenge could turn Chicago’s sewers and train tracks into the most connected city in the world.  The plan will expand private fiber networks to all business districts, bring under served neighborhoods into the fold, and shape the Chicago economy for decades to come.  Terry Howerton shares more thoughts with Forbes.

 

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