Montrose Asks Voters to Take Back Authority to Establish A Telecommunications Utility

Date: 21 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Colorado communities continue to seek to restore local authority for telecommunications. In April’s election, elected officials of Montrose will ask voters to approve a measure that gives the municipality the right to establish a telecommunications utility. Centennial, a Denver suburb, approved a ballot initiative last fall to use city fiber resources as a way to provide … Read More

Big Incumbents At It Again In Kentucky; Mimi Pickering in the Richmond Register

Date: 20 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Yet again, lobbyists from AT&T, Windstream, and Cincinnati Bell are lobbying state elected officials under the false guise of improving communications in Kentucky. In a Richmond Register opinion piece, Mimi Pickering from the Rural Broadband Policy Group revealed the practical consequences of Senate Bill 99. Republican Senator Paul Hornback is once again the lead sponsor on the … Read More

Westminster’s Fiber Project Drawing Business from New York City to Maryland

Date: 18 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Westminster’s FTTP pilot project continues to blossom. We recently heard from Dr. Robert Wack, one of the local leaders of the project. Engineering, the first phase, is almost completed with bids for construction soon to be solicited.  Even before any fiber is in the ground, Westminster is feeling the positive economic development effects from the network. … Read More

Susan Crawford on National Public Radio

Date: 15 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“Unless somebody in the system has industrial policy in mind, a long-term picture of where the United States needs to be and has the political power to act on it, we’ll be a Third World country when it comes to communications.” Susan Crawford recently spoke with Dave Davies on NPR’s FreshAir. During the conversation Crawford touches … Read More

Vidalia’s Broadband Initiative Moves Forward as Free Wi-Fi Comes to Town

Date: 14 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Vidalia’s plans to offer free Wi-Fi are becoming reality. The Natchez Democrat recently reported that the City launched its free Wi-Fi in its new municipal complex. Vidalia received a $30,000 grant from the Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF) Foundation to invest in a wireless network to cover the complex. Apparently, visitors to the complex were often surprised to … Read More

National Rural Assembly Webinar: Expressions of Interest for Connect America Funds

Date: 13 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On January 30, the FCC announced it will begin a process that makes Connect America funds available for pilot projects aimed at expanding broadband in rural areas. Details about the process are still forthcoming, but the FCC asks interested parties to submit “expressions of interest” by March 7th. In order to assist possible applicants, the National … Read More

EPB Offering Services Local Businesses Need

Date: 13 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

EPB in Chattanooga offers a service to business clients that offers a good reminder that local service providers have to be able to offer a variety of business services because different businesses have vastly different wants and needs. In 2012, the publicly owned utility began offering telephone service with cloud characteristics. The service saves money by … Read More

Chris Mitchell to Speak at Fiber Event in Stockholm Feb. 21

Date: 10 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On Friday, February 21, 2014, Christopher Mitchell will be speaking in Stockholm at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center. The event, titled Fibre: The key to creating world-class IT regions, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Sweden (1:30 a.m. CST for viewers in the U.S.) and will be livestreamed. Chris will be providing an update on fiber … Read More

March 7th Deadline for Connect America Fund Expressions of Interest

Date: 6 Feb 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We reported last month on a decision from the FCC to make Connect America funds available to expand broadband. At the time we did not have much detail on the measure, but on January 30th, the FCC released its official statement. The agency reached a unanimous decision to open up Connect America Fund dollars for experimental … Read More

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