Wired cities: working-class communities build next frontier of high-speed connectivity

When Mitch Davis needed a high-speed launching pad for his startup Internet company, he ditched high-priced Seattle for its blue-collar neighbor some 35 miles to the south: Tacoma. When John Gorst needed a place to set up his Internet utility company that provides Web hosting of applications for small businesses around the country, he moved to Broadway — that is, 1101 Broadway Plaza in downtown Tacoma. And when e-commerce giant Amazon.com went searching for a site for its next-generation call center, guess where it landed? Tacoma.

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