Coeur d’Alene / Post Falls Press

The Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) City Council agreed with two local internet providers to back off a proposal to subsidize a Wisconsin company that wants to provide high-speed internet to the city. In a unanimous vote, council members stopped short of cutting franchise fees for the use of its utility right of way for Madison-based TDS Metrocom, which proposes building a one Gigabit broadband system in the city within three years.