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Vermont House Backs $150 Million Plan to Expand Internet Access
A bill dedicating $150 million of anticipated federal funding to create a new state broadband office to coordinate and accelerate the expansion of high-speed Internet access throughout Vermont passed the State House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bipartisan support.… Read More
Can We Be Local in a Digital World? — Episode 123 of Building Local Power
Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Christopher Mitchell and Christopher Ali, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. Their conversation focuses around the idea of what it means to be local during a time when more and more pieces of our lives are shifting online. … Read More
In Our View: Grid Disaster in Texas Leads to Open Access Soul Searching
The disaster in Texas resulting from an electric grid that was deliberately left exposed and likely to fail in rare cold weather events has received a lot of dramatic coverage, as well it should given the loss of life and damage to so many homes and businesses. It also raised some questions regarding competition and designing markets. … Read More
Knoxville On Track to Expand Internet Infrastructure and Become Tennessee’s Next Gig City
Knoxville, a city of approximately 187,000 residents and the home of the University of Tennessee, is aiming to get on the community fiber track and become the state’s next gig city.… Read More
Outside Gettysburg, a Battle for Better Broadband
In the heart of Adams County, Pennsylvania, not far from the site of the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, plans are being drawn up in the battle for better broadband.… Read More
New City-Owned Network Connects Oregonians to High Quality Internet Access
HiLight — Hillsboro, Oregon’s (pop. 105,000) citywide Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network — has officially launched and begun connecting its first subscribers. After five years of consideration and planning, it’s an exciting moment, with hundreds of homes and businesses brought online over the last few months. … Read More
A Foundation for High Quality Internet Access in Grant County, Washington
In early 2000, Grant County PUD built an open access fiber optic network, allowing multiple local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to compete in delivering Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service to the county’s 97,700 residents.… Read More
Republican Broadband Agenda Would Preempt Local Authority and Ban Municipal Networks
Last week, House Republicans introduced a bill package ostensibly to promote broadband expansion and competition across the country. In reality, the legislation is a wish list of monopoly cable and telephone companies that will protect them from competition and decrease their accountability to the public. It would also ban communities from building their own networks or engaging in public-private partnerships.… Read More
“Connecting the Park”: Two Decades of Broadband Progress in Minnesota
St. Louis Park (pop. 49,000), a suburb west of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has demonstrated commitment and creativity in bringing broadband access to the region over the last two decades. … Read More
Going Wireless for Students and Seniors in Tucson
As the COVID crisis swept across Arizona and forced students to attend school remotely last spring, Boyce began to look for a way to ensure that the thousands of students who didn’t have Internet access at home wouldn’t be left behind. In a city with a population of about 530,000, an estimated 30 percent of city residents, or about 150,000 Tucsonans, don’t subscribe to wireline broadband. … Read More
An Internet Network Evolves to Meet Resident Needs in Central Arkansas
The evolution of an Internet network in Conway, Arkansas. … Read More
Report: Telecom Monopolies Are Blocking Better Internet Access… And What We Can Do About It
The digital divide is leaving millions of Americans behind — and corporate telecom monopolies are only making the problem worse. A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance sheds light on this under-reported problem. ILSR’s report finds that at a time when access to high-quality broadband is more important than ever, monopoly control of this essential public infrastructure is leaving many Americans — particularly people in rural communities and communities of color — disconnected, underserved, or, at best, paying too much for substandard service.… Read More
Bar Harbor, Maine Considers Building Its Own Broadband Network After Big ISP Raises Prices Tenfold
Charter has signaled that it will begin to charge Bar Harbor $45,000 a year for access via – a ten-fold increase over the $4,500/year the town currently pays. On December 15 the Town Council voted unanimously to place a $750,000 proposal to build their own institutional network onto the 2022 budget draft review.… Read More
How One Minnesota County Got on Track to Become Most Connected in State
Over the last three years, Le Sueur County, Minnesota has assembled a task force of citizens, local officials, and business leaders which have succeeded in dramatically improving broadband for thousands of residents who previously had poor or no connectivity.… Read More
Community Broadband is a Part of Protecting Small Businesses During COVID
On December 7th, Our Revolution Arlington hosted an event to talk about the impact of the ongoing pandemic on small and independent business owners.… Read More
