Letter: Golden State Fiber is no boondoggle

Johnny Kampis’ op-ed casts open-access municipal broadband in a negative light while implicitly defending a telecom monopoly model that has failed rural Californians.

Approximately 26.5% of rural California households lack access to high-speed broadband. Geographic barriers and limited profit potential have long discouraged private internet service providers from these areas, thus necessitating public investment.

In response, forty rural counties formed the Golden State Connect Authority...