City wanted option to run Wi-Fi

LONGMONT, CO — City officials knew DHB Networks, which offers wireless Internet services in town, was struggling. And they wanted to have the legal right to step in and run Longmont’s Wi-Fi system if the company could no longer do it.

But city officials couldn’t come right out and say that during the campaign season that ultimately led to the defeat of the city’s telecommunications ballot question 2C. And by the time it became public that DHB Networks was in trouble, it was less than a month before Election Day...