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South Carolina's Broadband: How Officials Quietly Privatized a Key State Asset

By Corey Hutchins
Columbia Free Times | November 19, 2009
To its supporters, auctioning off the state's broadband spectrum has meant snaring millions of much-needed dollars for the state's ailing coffers. But opponents say the deal privatizes the public trust and will deepen the state's massive digital divide.
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