P3 between Westminster and Ting is “Community Broadband Innovative Partnership of the Year”

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

The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) recently named the public private partnership (P3) between the City of Westminster, MD and Ting Inc. as 2015’s “Community Broadband Innovative Partnership of the Year.”  NATOA will officially honor the partnership at their Community Broadband Awards ceremony in San Diego this week. In a press release NATOA praised … Read More

RS Fiber Cooperative Breaks Ground

Date: 9 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Six years after an initial feasibility study was conducted to assess bringing broadband to Renville and Sibley Counties in southeastern Minnesota, members of the RS Fiber Cooperative board were finally able to dust off their shovels for a groundbreaking ceremony on July 9. Although those shovels may have ended up being more symbolic than they were … Read More

Introducing Our Institutional Networks Page

Date: 8 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Community anchor institutions play a critical role in bridging the digital divide. These networks that connect government buildings, libraries, and schools are often called “institutional networks” or “I-Nets.” Since the start of MuniNetworks.org, we have noted the ways these institutions have expanded services and saved money. Now, these stories have been compiled into one quick-reference resource. … Read More

New York Times Supports Local Authority

Date: 8 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In a recent editorial, the New York Times recognized that cord cutting is the wave of the future. They agree with the Coalition for Local Internet Choice, and other advocates for local telecommunications authority that the FCC should take steps to remove barriers to local Internet choice created by states on behalf of cable and telco … Read More

Community Broadband Media Roundup – September 4

Date: 8 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Colorado Boulder Valley school board eyes putting broadband question on November ballot by Amy Bounds, Daily Camera   Kentucky Kentucky is building a statewide middle mile network. Kentucky Moving Forward With Effort to Expand Broadband In Rural Areas by Allison Crawford, WKMS Kentucky Wired broadband internet project announced in Hazard by Tanner Hesterberg, WYMT-TV Kentucky state, … Read More

Rio Blanco County Has Big Plans for Open Access Network

Date: 3 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In Rio Blanco County, you’re almost more likely to find a dinosaur fossil than a human being. This rural county in northwestern Colorado has about two people for every square mile, but its sparse population is not stopping it from advancing an ambitious open-access broadband initiative.  More than a year into the rollout of the network … Read More

Fiber-optic Community Broadband Service in the Washington State Wilderness

Date: 2 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Spokane Business Journal recently wrote about the community broadband system in Pend Oreille County, a long a favored destination for all seasons outdoor recreation.  Beginning in 2013, the Pend Oreille County Public Utility District (PUD) began providing residents and tourists with high-speed fiber to the premises broadband via a 573-miles fiber network.  The network was … Read More

Hamilton Partners With Local Provider to Serve Businesses in Ohio

Date: 1 Sep 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Hamilton, Ohio, has entered into a partnership with local firm, CenterGrid, to use city-owned fiber to boost economic development. The firm will offer Internet access and data transport to local businesses via existing infrastructure as the two enter into a five-year pilot project agreement, reports the Journal-News. The city’s business incubator, the Hamilton Mill, is the … Read More

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