Newsom’s California fiber dream

100gbs symmetrical to every home in the state or bust!

Cory Doctorow

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An illustration of three isolated buildings in an empty field, with fiber lines streaming towards them and a wifi icon hovering over them.

This morning, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled an audacious budget whose crown jewel is a plan to pump $7b into medium-haul fiber links that will link every community in the state, no matter how remote or rural.

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