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Cedar Falls, IA became Ground Zero for launching\xa0a Presidential drive for gigabit community-owned broadband throughout the U.S. Learn how this 20-year old\xa0network took center stage last week as the latest beacon leading cities nationwide on the path to faster, better public-owned broadband.\xa0\n\nBroadband is driving Cedar Fall's economic activities. Listeners\xa0get a\xa0detailed breakdown of the city's progress since upgrading to a gigabit network a year ago\xa0from Bob Seymour, Planner III/Economic Development. Curtis Dean, Broadband Services Coordinator for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities provides insights to expected developments in the state's broadband future.\xa0\n\nPresident Obama held up Cedar Falls as a great example of the value of public braodband networks in helping to meet\xa0America's highspeed Internet needs, and why we need giant service providers to stop blocking communities' ability to become the next gigabit success story. Our guests offer listeners advice on how their communities can overcome the challenges of these statutes.