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[print version] Intel to back broadband role for cities � CNET News.com <br />Kutztown, a small college town near Allentown that set up its own telephone, <br />Internet and N system in 2002. <br />Phone companies and cable providers argue that municipalities that build <br />and own their communications networks have an unfair advantage because <br />they are backed by public funds. They claim that the municipalities will drive <br />them out of business by offering services at greatly reduced prices. <br />On the other side, communities that want to build their own networks argue <br />that they want broadband services now, and they are not willing to wait untf <br />i� becomes economically feasible for cammercial providers to build the <br />infrastructure. <br />Copyright 01995-2005 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />�, � �� <br />�� ���� <br />�� � .� <br />F�E#p:+r'�ye�'�,���n,��m�� G Q�- f�3�_3. �� 3�� l�,h� m6?i��.. si. uiil. priat ��1 ����15 <br />