Danville’s Incremental Strategy Pays Off – Community Broadband Bits Episode 166

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

Danville, Virginia, has long been one of the municipal network approaches that we like to highlight. Built in a region hard hit by the transition away from tobacco and manufacturing economies, the open access fiber network called nDanville has led to many new employers coming to town and has shown the benefits of a low-risk, incremental … Read More

New Municipal Broadband Feasibility Study Underway in Firestone, CO

Date: 31 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Board of Trustees for the city of Firestone, CO is evaluating the feasibility of a new municipal broadband service for this growing town of about 10,000 people that sits just 30 miles north of Denver. This according to a recent report in the Times-Call newspaper in Longmont, Colorado.  The feasibility study will compare Firestone’s existing … Read More

Community Broadband Media Roundup – August

Date: 30 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

While we think they buried the lede (talking about cord-cutting and entertainment options when what we really need in this country is a locally accountable choice), the New York Times editorial board came out in support of local authority for municipal networks, in a roundabout sort of way. Preparing for Life After Cable by Editorial Board of … Read More

Kitsap County Asks Residents Where to Expand

Date: 28 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Kitsap Public Utility District (KPUD) is turning to residents to plot the course for expansion, reports the Central Kitsap Reporter. In order to find out where the greatest interest lies in municipal fiber connectivity, KPUD will be using the COS Service Zones survey system. “Since this is a public network, we do not feel comfortable relying … Read More

Rochester, Minnesota, City Council Reviews Municipal Fiber Proposal

Date: 27 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Earlier this year, Rochester City Council members chose to look further at the prospect of developing a municipal fiber network. On August 17th, the Committee of the Whole met to hear a proposal from Alcaltel-Lucent to deploy 500 miles of fiber for approximately $42 million. According to the Post Bulletin, the city recently surveyed 1,200 Rochester … Read More

“Digital New England” Conference Set for September 27th, 28th in Portland

Date: 26 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Over the past year, New England has been a hotspot for broadband initiatives, legislation, and experimentation. The trend will continue into September when Next Century Cities and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) host Digital New England: A Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders on September 27th and 28th in Portland, Maine. From a description of … Read More

Ammon, ID Experimenting with Open Access FTTH Network

Date: 25 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We have covered the small Idaho city of Ammon before, but the people there always seem to be innovating. A few weeks ago, the city took first place with an ultra-high speed app in a National Institute of Justice competition. That utlra-high speed came from the city’s fiber network built for municipal buildings several years ago. … Read More

Policies for Better Broadband – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 165

Date: 25 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Back in July, Next Century Cities released a short report, Connecting 21st Century Communities: A Policy Agenda for Broadband Stakeholders, exploring various policies and approaches that will improve Internet access. The brief is organized into sections on local government, state government, federal government, philanthropy, and community. For this week on Community Broadband Bits, Lisa Gonzalez takes … Read More

Santa Cruz Fiber Project with Cruzio

Date: 25 Aug 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Santa Cruz, California, and its 62,000 people with poor Internet connectivity near Silicon Valley, could be one of the larger municipalities to develop a citywide fiber network. The Santa Cruz Fiber project, which was announced on June 24, 2015, would be an open-access public private partnership (PPP) with the city constructing the network and a private … Read More

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