San Francisco’s Market Street Now Offering Free Wi-Fi

Date: 27 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

San Francisco now offers free Wi-Fi along Market Street. The city of approximately 825,000 joins a growing number of local municipalities that provide the service in select parts of town or in the entire city limits. The San Francisco Chronicle reports private companies donated hardware and a gigabit of bandwidth. The final cost was $500,000 to deploy … Read More

Will Alexandria Consider A Municipal Network?

Date: 23 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Alexandria, Virginia’s City Council is talking about broadband. In a recent DelRay Patch article, Drew Hansen reported that Councilman Justin Wilson recently addressed the Del Ray Citizen’s Association to advocate for a plan to improve local connectivity. From the article: “We’re still dealing with severe budget issues and dropping $300 million on a huge broadband system … Read More

Ellensburg Pursues Its Fiber Project in Washington

Date: 20 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Ellensburg is quickly moving forward as it make plans to build a publicly owned fiber optic network. The City Council approved a contract with Canon Construction  on December 16th, reports the Daily Record. From the article: Canon Construction of Milton won the contract to lay 13 miles of above- and underground fiber optic cables for the … Read More

LightTUBe Financially Secure in Tennessee

Date: 19 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Tullahoma Utilities Board’s triple-play FTTH LightTUBe, began serving Tullahoma in 2009. The fiber network utility is paying off its city bond debt on schedule reports the Tullahoma News. The network’s income during the first four months of fiscal year 2014 is a positive $58,939. General Manager Brian Skelton spoke with Chris Mitchell in July 2013 and expressed confidence … Read More

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Announces Free Wi-Fi is Coming to Harlem

Date: 18 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The City of New York plans to deploy free Wi-Fi in a 95-city-block radius in Harlem. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the plan on December 10.  According to the press release, the project will be divided into three phases with completion scheduled for May 2014. The New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and the … Read More

December 19th D.C. Luncheon and Policy Discussion on the Future of Universal Service

Date: 17 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On December 19, 2013, TechFreedom is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Kingsbury Commitment with lunch and policy analysis. The event will include a luncheon keynote address by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai followed by a panel of policy leaders moderated by TechFreedom President Berin Szoka.   The panel: Harold Feld, Public Knowledge Rob Atkinson, Information Technology … Read More

Tullahoma News Seeks Insider’s View Via Broadband Bits Podcast

Date: 16 Dec 2013 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In July 2013, Christopher Mitchell interviewed Brian Skelton, General Manager of the Tullahoma Utilities Board (TUB), for Episode #54 of the Broadband Bits podcast. The Tullahoma News recently reported on the podcast in an article on LighTUBe, the municipal network serving the south central Tennessee community. Staff writer Kelly Lapczynski reported on the network: “We’ve made … Read More

The Wired Road Now A Gigabit Network

Date: 16 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Wired Road, a community-owned open access network, provides affordable fiber connectivity in rural Virginia. The network recently upgraded and now offers Gigabit commercial service in the Blue Ridge Crossroads region. From the press release: “America only has a few networks offering 1 Gigabit Broadband Services; it’s awesome that we have that technology here in our … Read More

A Look at Mediacom Propaganda in Emmetsburg, Iowa

Date: 15 Dec 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Earlier this month, a majority of voters in Emmetsburg supported a proposal to issue bonds to build a fiber network. Nevertheless, the measure failed because Iowa requires a 60% majority when general obligation bonds fund all or part of a proposed project. Years ago, the community voted to establish a municipal cable communications or television system. … Read More

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