Chelan Will Keep Its Network As Is

Date: 30 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As we reported in March, the Chelan County, Washington PUD was seeking input from the customer-owners of their open access fiber optic network to decide what the future would hold. The PUD had considered three options and presented them to the public:     •    sell the network    •    maintain ownership of the network, but improve operations … Read More

Newton, North Carolina Is One Big Hotspot

Date: 27 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

North Carolina infamously became the 19th state to enact barriers to community broadband, but we wrote about a loophole to it last year – communities can provide services for free without interference from the state capital. And starting last year, Newton, with 12,968 residents, began offering free Wi-Fi among 48 blocks and has plans to expand. … Read More

Let The FCC Know That You Support Expanding Community Radio

Date: 24 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As we recently reported, the FCC has made changes to clear the airwaves for more low power radio stations. The Prometheus Radio Project, instrumental in that decision, hosted an April webinar to help interested groups learn about the application project. Community radio orgainzations can obtain waivers to get on the air, but there is a political … Read More

Mendocino County Local Leaders Want to Leave the Slow Lane Behind

Date: 18 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

VisitMendocino.com sums up this northern California community as a peaceful and serene: “Mendocino County, where rugged coastline, breathtaking beaches, picturesque villages, majestic redwood forests and America’s Greenest Wine Region beckon you to escape to a slower pace.” While the people of Mendocino County love life in the slow lane, they would love a fast lane for the Internet. Mendocino County, … Read More

Collaboration Alive and Well In Wisconsin Broadband Expansion

Date: 16 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Wise people say that collaboration often leads to a better result than individual efforts. Recently, I was reminded of the benefits of different levels of collaboration, as they relate to community networks, in two separate articles about fiber-optic expansion in Wisconsin. First, is a recent Randy Happel article in Trenchless Technology, about how UW-Extension is working … Read More

Clallam County, Washington, Connects Anchor Institutions

Date: 13 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is one step closer to being laced in a new fiber-optic network. The first link in the new Peninsula-wide broadband project is between Blyn and Sequim and will serve the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe from its new Blyn library to a local medical clinic located in Jamestown. Also benefiting from the new expansion will … Read More

Leverett, Massachusetts, Ponders Community-Owned Network

Date: 12 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Leverett, Massachusetts, is one step closer to a community owned FTTH network. The town of 2,000 will have weekly public information meetings until the Annual Town Meeting scheduled for April 28, 2012. If the required $3.6 million funding is approved at the meeting, the city will issue a Request For Proposals to build the network. The … Read More

Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services’ Construction Moves Forward

Date: 11 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Good news for folks in Jackson, Wilder, and Bingham Lake in Southwest Minnesota! Your local broadband options are about to get much better. Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services (SMBS) just announced that construction is advancing on the new network. The 125-mile fiber ring is expected to be completed by September, 2012. If you live in their service … Read More

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