Internet in Idaho: Big fiber-optic plans in little Ammon …an open-access fiber network unlike any in the world.

He wanted a model that appeased consumers, not providers.

The city of Ammon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon,_Idaho caught lightning in a bottle nearly a decade ago when it moved an unassuming plumbing inspector to information technology.

The tech school dropout who’d demonstrated a knack for problem-solving in his first two years was asked to explore building a fiber-optic network to improve operation of the city’s water utility.

The result was far more imaginative — an open-access fiber network unlike any in the world.

http://www.ci.ammon.id.us/technology.cfm

http://www.ci.ammon.id.us/broadband.cfm

By AUBREY WIEBER

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