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b'Located in southeast Pennsylvania, Lancaster will soon have some of the fastest Internet access in the entire state due to its partnership with a local telecommunications firm, MAW Communications. We reported on many details about this approach here, but Community Broadband Bits podcast episode 248 offers an in-depth look.Lancaster Business Administrator Patrick Hopkins and MAW Communications Operations Director Brian Kelly joined me to talk about the history of their partnership and the next big step: a citywide gigabit fiber-optic network.\\xa0We also talk about the risks to the public sector from trusting a private company with essential infrastructure and the potential challenges for a private sector company to work with a local government. Both sides are going into this arrangement with their eyes wide open and offer tips for what others should consider before they try to replicate the model.\\xa0If you missed it, last year we released a major paper about considerations in public-private partnerships. We did not discuss LanCity Connect, but many of themes apply.Read the transcript of the show here.We want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please\\xa0e-mail us\\xa0or leave a comment below.This show is 29 minutes long and can be played on this page or\\xa0via iTunes\\xa0or via the tool of your choice\\xa0using this feed.You can\\xa0download this mp3 file directly from here. Listen to\\xa0other episodes here\\xa0or\\xa0view all episodes in our index.Thanks to Break the Bans for the music. The song is\\xa0Escape\\xa0and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.'