iTV-3 Increases Speeds for Free on UC2B Network

Date: 10 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As the FCC works to update current policy to encourage ubiquitous Internet access and adoption, community networks are also taking an active role. Earlier this month, customers of iTV-3 received a boost in speed with no increase in price. iTV-3, a community minded local provider, chose to make the change in order to ensure all its … Read More

Minnesota’s Lake County Fiber Network Begins Connecting Customers

Date: 28 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Lake County fiber network is now serving a limited number of customers in northern Minnesota. According to the Lake County News Chronicle, the network’s triple-play services are lit and bringing better connectivity to Silver Bay and Two Harbors. About 100 customers in Silver Bay take service via the network; beta testers in Two Harbors are … Read More

UC2B and Partner Bringing Fiber to More Urbana-Champaign Communities in Illinois

Date: 9 Jun 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The UC2B Network and its partner, iTV-3, will soon bring gigabit capabilities to more people in the Champaign-Urbana community in Illinois. According to the UC2B press release [PDF], iTV-3 will expand existing fiber to areas of the community to serve residents and businesses. iTV-3 will take subscriptions for commercial and residential access online at www.theperfectupgrade.com. In … Read More

Shaker Heights Considers Expanding Fiber in Ohio

Date: 2 Jun 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Shaker Heights City Council is considering expanding an existing fiber network, reports Cleveland.com. The project would allow OneCommunity, the nonprofit managing a regional fiber network, access to the city’s rights-of-way for 15 years. OneCommunity, created in 2003, received a $44 million broadband stimulus award to extend fiber in northeast Ohio. The organization’s network spans approximately … Read More

Understanding the Georgia Communications Cooperative – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #92

Date: 1 Apr 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

While at the SEATOA Conference in Raleigh last week, I met Mike Foor, the President and CEO of the Georgia Communications Cooperative (GCC). Given the important role GCC is playing in expanding great Internet access in rural Georgia, we wanted to interview him for Community Broadband Bits. Back in episode 46, we spoke with Paul Belk … Read More

To Overbuild or Underbuild? A Rural Policy Conundrum – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #91

Date: 25 Mar 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or a coop receiving subsidies from government to engage in overbuilding, where it builds a fiber network in an area already served by slow DSL and cable networks. This has become an important issue as … Read More

GAO Report: Government Telecom Investments Help Local Businesses

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

The Government Accountability Office released a report today examining economic development and government-spurred broadband deployment. The report, titled Telecommunications: Federal Broadband Deployment Programs and Small Business looks at the effects of stimulus projects on opportunities for small business.  According to the press release: “GAO’s investigation confirms the success of the Recovery Act’s broadband programs,” said Rep. … Read More

MassBroadband 123 Complete in Massachusetts

Date: 5 Mar 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) just announced that the 1,200-mile fiber network MassBroadband 123 is now complete. According to the official announcement, the middle-mile network will eventually serve over 1,200 community anchor institutions. The open access network, constructed with $45.4 million in stimulus funding and an additional $40 million in state bond proceeds, lit up in … Read More

New Hampshire’s Bill Would Allow Munis to Bond for Open Access

Date: 3 Mar 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A recent in-depth article from the Keene Sentinel updates us on the status of New Hampshire’s HB 286, which would expand bonding authority for local governments. New Hampshire law currently restricts bonding authority for Internet infrastructure to towns with no access to the Internet, but nearly all communities have at least some slow broadband access in … Read More

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