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09/24/2014
Baltimore Hires Consultant to Wriggle Out of Franchise
The City of Baltimore expanded broadband service choices for local residents and businesses and has hired a consulting firm to, among other things, explore ways through and around a franchise agreement signed with Comcast that runs through 2016.
The Baltimore City board of estimates has hired Magellan Partners, paying the firm $157,000 to develop a municipal broadband plan that expands the city's choices beyond Comcast and Verizon FiOS.