[destitude]

Many places in Minnesota already offer gigabit fiber. What is strange is it is in many of the rural areas (see most of Northern Minnesota).. See Paul Bunyan Communications for instance.

[seanf]

My former employer has an expanding fiber network in Minneapolis: http://fiber.usinternet.com/

[toomuchtodo]

> What is strange is it is in many of the rural areas (see most of Northern Minnesota).. See Paul Bunyan Communications for instance.

Municipal fiber doesn't need to be profitable.