Oregon community's 5-year muni-fiber plan struggling - FierceTelecom

Sherwood, Ore., a small city southwest of Portland with about 16,000 residents, is knee-deep in cost overruns and service shortfalls after five years of trying to launch its own fiber-optic network. The city promised residents the service would give every home and business high-speed Internet access, and that the service would pay for itself and even create a revenue stream for the city.

Instead, it's followed the path of a number of other ambitious municipal fiber plans, struggling to get off the ground and bleeding capital...