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Fort Collins Mayor On Moving Forward With Civic Broadband

This May 26, 2014 photo shows ethernet connectors. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
This May 26, 2014 photo shows ethernet connectors. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

As the Federal Communications Commission moves to scrap net neutrality rules, communities like Fort Collins, Colorado, are building their own networks, and offering broadband connections to their citizens as a utility.

Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell (@wadetroxell).

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