Editing Chanute, Kansas (section)

==Infrastructure==
In October 2014, the City of Chanute announced it planned to establish a municipal-operated [[broadband]] network, offering 1 Gigabit Internet connectivity for about [[USD|US$]]40 per month. [[AT&T]], which currently offers only 6 megabit [[Digital subscriber line|DSL]] service to the town (at a higher price), filed a petition with the [[Kansas Corporation Commission]] to intervene in the city's proposed offering, arguing it has the right to intervene since a 1947 law requires the commission to approve any bond issue the city would use to finance the construction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/239541/att-allowed-to-weigh-in-on-towns-effort-to-build.html#reply |title=AT&T Allowed To Weigh In On Town's Effort To Build New Fiber Network |date=December 4, 2014 |publisher=Mediapost |access-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>
In April 2015, incoming city commissioners voted not to issue bonds and to temporarily halt the plans on municipal operated broadband, pending further public discussion and a public vote.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McDowell|first1=Brian|title=New City {{sic|nolink=y|reason=spelling error in source|Commiss|oners}} kill bond issuance for fiber plan|url=http://www.chanute.com/news/article_eb78c020-e300-11e4-b2ac-07fb667292fa.html|access-date=23 April 2015|agency=Chanute Tribune|issue=6|publisher=Chanute Tribune|date=April 15, 2015}}</ref>