Lakeland officials approve offer with Summit Broadband to convey superior-velocity world wide web to town

LAKELAND — Lakeland officers struck a deal to carry a new higher-speed world-wide-web provider to the town in about 4 months. 

City commissioners voted 5-to-1 Tuesday morning to approve a contract with Orlando-centered Summit Broadband Inc. to make a non-public-public services for broadband support. Commissioner Mike Musick was the sole dissenting vote. 

“I consider this is the suitable transfer for the Town of Lakeland as it will achieve what was my aim: to make it a smart city with no the stress of bonding out our credit card debt,” Commissioner Monthly bill Browse explained. “The non-public sector can do a career a great deal superior than any community entity, superior than our town.” 

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