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Missoula broadband initiative hires Design Nine for master plan

August 18, 2015/

The Bitter Root Economic Development District has hired a Virginia-based technology firm to complete a master plan creating an open-access broadband network in Missoula.

The plan, under development by Design Nine, will suggest ways to pay for the system, how it should operate and who will claim ownership. A draft is expected by October and the early steps of implementation could begin the following year.

By Martin Kidston

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-broadband-initiative-hires-design-nine-for-master-plan/article_553d3eb5-6298-54ba-8e10-0f50a7807e82.html

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