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This situation, from a CrainTech article, is really bogus:

"Case Western Reserve University has taken a big step in its plan to make high-speed Internet connectivity available throughout University Circle. CWRU has entered into an agreement with American Fiber Systems Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., which owns dark (unused) fiber networks in Cleveland, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Nashville and Salt Lake City. The agreement with AFS provides unlimited bandwidth to the 11 institutions in University Circle, with the option to acquire additional bandwidth for Greater Cleveland. However, efforts to convince the state Legislature to help pay for that additional bandwidth appear to be unsuccessful. The state capital budget, expected to be passed on Friday, Dec. 6, doesn't include $1 million that Cleveland civic officials had asked for to help pay for what is called the Digital Cleveland project. Despite the lack of state support, Lev Gonick, chief information officer and vice president for information technology services for CWRU, said the regional network that connects business districts, communication centers, neighborhoods and business parks still can become a reality with regional support."

It looks like the Cleveland area can't rely on help from the state legislature anymore. Perhaps we became complacent. Before Taft, the both of the governors before him where former mayors of Cleveland. Now, there's no one to represent our area. The result is obvious in the state's latest budget.