Michigan’s plan for high-speed internet is slow, expensive and inefficient

Michigan lawmakers want to connect everyone to high-speed, broadband internet. And they have billions of dollars to do it. But their plan to do so isn’t a good one. In fact, it is almost guaranteed to spend too much money to connect very few people, and to take a long time doing so.

The Michigan High Speed Internet office (MIHI) recently laid out the status of its plan in testimony before a state House committee.