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Screening Guide: Learn About Municipal Networks, Connect With Neighbors, Share This Film in Your Community
Generate conversation about broadband access in your community with a screening of the short film, “Do Not Pass Go.” We have created a helpful guide on...
Connectivity in Indigenous Communities, New Report Available
In November 2017, about 200 people attended the first Indigenous Connectivity Summit in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The summit brought together activists, network administrators, researchers,...
This Southern California Cooperative Builds Grassroots Power for Internet Access
Rural Californians have similar problems as many in rural America, a lack of high-quality, affordable Internet access. The story of the Anza Electric Cooperative in...
Broadband competition in Idaho, like many other states, is highly stratified and unequally distributed. Our latest mapping project details the actual level of broadband competition...
How This Small Oklahoma Town is Improving Rural Connectivity: A Road Trip to Sallisaw
In rural northeast Oklahoma, the city of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, built a high-speed fiber network to their residents and then expanded Internet access their rural neighbors with...
Looking For Resources On Wireless? Look No Further
If you’re looking for a resource that focuses on wireless connectivity, check out the MuniNetworks.org Wireless Page. Rather than an exhaustive list of every municipal wireless...
Field Trip To Oklahoma’s Lake Region Electric Cooperative & Fiber Network
Lake Region Electric Cooperative offers FTTH service to more than 1,000 homes in the rural communities around the city of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. As with electrification, the...
The Fiber Future is Cooperative: Policy Brief On Rural Cooperative Fiber Deployment
Rural communities across the United States are already building the Internet infrastructure of the future. Using a 20th century model, rural America is finding a way to...
Comprehensive Fiber-to-the-Home Map of Kentucky, New Resource
From the rolling Appalachian Mountains to bustling city streets, Kentucky has it all, including gigabit (1,000 Mbps) service from Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks. That’s right, Kentucky...
Community networks are hyper-local movements. As we have researched these networks, we have often uncovered the work of grassroots activists trying to make a difference...
Shape the Rules for Rural Broadband Subsidies Fact Sheet – Reply Comments Due: October 18th, 2017
Another addition to our Community Networks Initiative resources! This fact sheet details the most important aspects of the Connect America Fund (CAF) Auction. What is it?...
Cell phones as a substitute for home Internet service? That’s what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suggested in an August 2017 document. Buried within the Notice...
Fond du Lac Band Builds Fiber Network in Northeast Minnesota
Native nations are building community networks, owned and operated by tribal governments to ensure that Indian Country has high-speed Internet access. In July 2017, the Fond...
Anza Electric Cooperative: High-Speed Internet Service in Southern California
Just south of Mount San Jacinto in southern California, several small communities hope for better Internet access. The local cooperative has submitted a plan to...
Among the rolling hills and mountains of Appalachia sits the small city of Williamstown, Kentucky, in central Grant County. Home to about 3,500 people, Williamstown is the center...
