Sugar City, Idaho: The Dayley Report

  Fiber Network in Sugar City This week in city council meeting, we reviewed the latest information and options available for getting fiber high speed internet in the older areas of Sugar City. (I spoke about this in an earlier post .) Over the past couple of years, the council and city staff researched various options, and we eventually put out a call for specific proposals. This week we voted 3 to 1 to join with the county's agreement with Fybercom to provide the option for fiber-based broadband to the city's residents. I voted to support piggybacking on the County/Fybercom agreement. During the past several months, I read numerous academic studies and pro/con trade journal and non-profit "political lobbyist style" articles regarding the advantages and disadvantages of city-owned fiber networks. I read 4+ years of council minutes from other cities that have had to make the decision to own or not the fiber network in their city. I and other city officials met with an