Two Small American Cities Present ILSR-produced Municipal Broadband Video at City Council Meetings

Date: 28 Mar 2018 | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In Andalusia, Alabama & Coulee Dam, Washington members of the each city council were interested in learning more about municipal broadband and how it could work for their communities. That’s where the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s resources came in in a great example of our resources reaching far and wide.… Read More

Alabama Committee Kills Bill For Better Connectivity

Date: 10 Apr 2017 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

When Alabama State Sen. Tom Whatley from Auburn spoke with OANow in late March, he described his bill, SB 228, as a “go-to-war bill.” The bill would have allowed Opelika Power Services (OPS) to expand its Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services to his community. On Wednesday, April 5th, his colleagues in the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee decided … Read More

Another Anti-Muni Hack Job: Alabama Mayor Strikes Back

Date: 17 Mar 2017 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Mayor Gary Fuller won’t tolerate lies about his city. In a recent Opelika City News release titled, Setting the Record Straight – Response to Yellowhammer article, Mayor Fuller corrected the numerous misleading errors in a piece written by Jordan LaPorta. The Yellowhammer article covered a Taxpayer’s Protection Alliance Foundation (TPA) report, filled with errors and misrepresentation … Read More

Google Fiber’s Dark Fiber Announcement Will Change How Cities Build Networks

Date: 22 Feb 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 22, 2016 CONTACT: Rebecca Toews, rebecca@ILSR.org, (612)808-0689  Google Fiber’s Dark Fiber Announcement Will Change How Cities Build Networks This morning, Huntsville, Alabama put a nail in the coffin of telephone and cable monopolies. The city is building a dark fiber network for any ISP to use– and Google Fiber was the first to … Read More

Community Broadband Media Roundup – March 27

Date: 29 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This article is so good, it was hard not to quote the whole thing. Do yourself a favor and check out the article for yourself– this is exactly why we can’t trust big cable and telephone companies to serve our communities.  New Homeowner Has To Sell House Because Of Comcast’s Incompetence, Lack Of Competition by Chris Morran … Read More

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