Ammon Idaho Fiber Optic Network

Date: 13 May 2011 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Ammon, Idaho, is a community of approximately 15,000 outside Idaho Falls in eastern Idaho. Ammon has struggled to boost economic development in part because providers in Ammon offer slower, more expensive services than are available in Idaho Falls. For years, Ammon has sought to expand access to next generation networks, including an application to the broadband stimulus program in 2010.… Read More

FiberFête

Date: 20 Apr 2011 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Christopher Mitchell presents at FiberFête on April 20, 2011 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He reviews ILSR’s work and personal experiences with broadband. … Read More

WMMT Covers Rural Broadband and Importance of Expanding Access

Date: 18 Apr 2011 | posted in: information | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Christopher Mitchell is one of several voices discussing the importance of funding rural broadband throughout the U.S.  WMMT is a radio station in Kentucky, frequently covering rural issues in the Appalachians. 

Also featured are Dee Davis of Rural Strategies and Lisa Fannin of the Mountain Telephone Cooperative in NE Kentucky, the first entity in Kentucky to receive a broadband stimulus award.

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ILSR Defends Local Authority to Build Broadband Networks

Date: 15 Apr 2011 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR has continued working to preserve local authority to build broadband networks in both North Carolina and South Carolina. Massive companies like AT&T and Time Warner Cable are lobbying heavily to strip communities of deciding locally whether to build and own essential infrastructure — networks that these companies are often not willing to build. … Read More

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