American Association For Public Broadband (AAPB) Statement On Dark Money Attacks On Utopia Fiber And Traverse City Light & Power

Here they go again. Using false and tired arguments, big cable is attacking three community broadband networks that residents and their elected officials chose to build and own. And like it did earlier in 2023 in Bountiful City, Utah, it is hiding behind a surrogate that doesn’t reveal its financial supporters. It is profoundly ironic that the country’s richest media companies are attacking “government-run” networks when they are at the same time bringing in billions of dollars of subsidies from the federal government and seeking billions more in grants from state governments. When your tax dollars are on the table, these “private” enterprises are more than happy to grab them with both hands. It is hardly a coincidence that two of community networks featured on big cable’s dark money hit list are affiliated with [the American Association for Public Broadband] AAPB.  As hundreds of communities consider public broadband as an option for their residents, AAPB will be there to defend their freedom to choose at every turn.”