This paper describes the installation of a data network in the community of Glenview, Illinois, which uses broadband cable equipment to connect schools, libraries, and governmental agencies to each other and to the Internet via a high speed Ethernet network. The history of the project is outlined followed by a discussion of the implementation of the network. It is noted that a strong effort was made to provide the same services to all users of the network. The services available include electronic mail, telnet, file transfer protocol (FTP), Gopher, World Wide Web (WWW), the online public access catalogs (OPACs) of local libraries, and, to a limited audience, USENET news. The technical aspects, site setups, equipment used, and the operation and maintenance of the network are examined. Finally, several lessons learned from the implementation of the project are presented: (1) the cable plant was old, unused, and untested, and required more time to make it operational; (2) initial lack of expertise to make the broadband cable equipment operational in an outdoor, public television cable environment caused conflict between two of the installers of the system; (3) the equipment is both temperature and signal level sensitive; (4) users anticipated problems where there were none, hesitated to try new things, or failed to realize what was available; and (5) political realities kept some sites from connecting. A system to deliver Internet connectivity to the home via the public cable is currently being explored. (JLB)