Cleveland City Council Approves Citywide Fiber Optic Network Project, Aims to Further Bridge Digital Divide

Sifi Networks President Scott Bradshaw at a Utilities Committee meeting in July.

The company's seven-year, $500 million plan would lay cable and then turn around and sell access to internet service providers like AT&T and T-Mobile. It has done the same in other cities and at Monday's committee meeting, which recapped the basics of Sifi's operation, Sifi President Scott Bradshaw was adamant about his confidence in the low-risk business model.

Austin Davis, the city's senior policy advisor, suggested that Sifi will aid in the hiring of telecommunication laborers, primarily through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Local 71 and Local 83, who will be responsible for outside and underground wiring work. Davis suggested those workers will be paid above $30/hour, plus pension and benefits.

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