You do know the education/government lobby's gonna demand "Free Internet", cuz ...the kids...-----Traverse City Promised Government Internet, Can’t Explain Why Project Stuck On Hold – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Traverse City Promised Government Internet, Can’t Explain Why Project Stuck On Hold – Michigan Capitol Confidential

• Delays, high costs and disappointed residents very common with city-owned broadband

"Traverse City’s $4.1 million plan to provide high-speed internet service through a network sponsored by its municipal utility remains aspirational (meaning: ain't happening!) more than a year after the project was approved and potential customers were told they could sign up in fall 2019.
...But a failure to meet expectations would not be a unique occurrence in the field of government-sponsored internet broadband initiatives.
...A 2017 study by the University of Pennsylvania Law School looked at every municipal broadband project in the country in which full financial details were available. 
It found that only two of 20 municipal broadband projects studied delivered enough of a return on investment to cover their costs during their useful life...Read all.