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   Should Denver city government enter the internet business to compete   
   with Comcast and CenturyLink? Voters will get a say in November.   
      
   Denver voters will be asked opt the city out of a 2005 state law   
   prohibiting the use of tax dollars to build municipal internet systems   
      
   By Conrad Swanson   
      
   Denver City Councilman Paul Kashmann estimates as much as a fifth of   
   Denver's homes are without high-speed internet, a serious gap in   
   coverage during the work-from-home and online education era sparked by   
   the novel coronavirus pandemic.   
      
   So Kashmann led a push to ask city voters to approve a November ballot   
   question that would allow Denver to enter the internet provider   
   business. It's a move that could cost an estimated $1 billion and take   
   years to complete while putting the city in direct competition with   
   Comcast and CenturyLink.   
      
   https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/01/denver-municipal-internet/   
      
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