The northern Minnesota telephone cooperative, which serves 30,000 members across its 6,000-square-mile service area, has announced it is returning over $3 million to its members.
The Maine Connectivity Authority has unveiled $9.6 million in new grants to bring affordable fiber to over 15,000 homes and businesses across 12 underserved communities.
Oakland, California will use ARPA grant funds to construct a city-owned fiber network that will support the city housing authority's “Free Internet Initiative.”
Fort Collins' award-winning municipal fiber network celebrates growth by giving away a year of free Internet access to 20 randomly chosen subscribers.
Brownsville, Texas is now transforming the city's digital landscape with a fiber network to bring fast, reliable, and affordable Internet service to nearly 200,000 residents.
Consumer Reports latest survey of the most popular ISPs in the U.S. once again dominated by smaller providers and community-owned broadband networks.
Imperial, Lassen, and Plumas Counties are among the first recipients of California’s $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program (FFA).
As states gear up to administer federal BEAD funds, a handful of states are already making significant investments in municipal broadband with Rescue Plan dollars.
Recent efforts to expand Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum could be of significant help to local communities looking to bridge the digital divide.
With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) now bankrupt, San Francisco is being honored for its Fiber to Housing (FTH) program.
In partnership with the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, ILSR publishes new report on how Vermont is supercharging its digital landscape with community broadband.
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