ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell Speaks With KYRS About Rural Broadband In Washington

Date: 19 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Christopher Mitchell spoke with Gavin Dahl about community broadband on KYRS, a community radio station in Spokane, Washington, on April 11. The discussion touched on legislation in Washington that could have encouraged rural broadband deployment by area public utility districts and why the private sector is not getting the job done. We also discussed the role … Read More

Radio Interview about Rural Broadband in Washington

Date: 19 Apr 2012 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Christopher Mitchell spoke with Gavin Dahl about community broadband on KYRS, a community radio station in Spokane, Washington, on April 11. The discussion touched on legislation in Washington that could have encouraged rural broadband deployment by area public utility districts and why the private sector is not getting the job done. We also discussed the role … 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

Why Are Telecom Companies Blocking Rural America From Getting High-Speed Internet?

Date: 17 Apr 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The New Republic, April 17, 2012 Located halfway between the state capital of Columbia and the port city of Charleston, Orangeburg County, South Carolina is among the more geographically blessed areas of the country. It’s also one of its poorest. Over a quarter of its population lives below the poverty line, with a per capita income … 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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