The $79 rate you are quoting is actually commercial (business), the residential rates provided by private sector ISP’s on this network are different and lower. For example, at least one ISP has already announced $59/month residential (home) gigabit service in Lane County. Many of the early subscribers are actually small businesses, where $1,000/month is a lot of money. Moreover, in the coming weeks and months you’ll read about multiple local school districts, government agencies, and residential neighborhoods around Lane County who are benefiting from this work. You don’t need to be a big city to have world-class internet infrastructure, any longer…