Missourian Tells Story of Rural Community Without Business-Quality Broadband

Date: 15 Jan 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Directly north of Springfield, Missouri, sits Hermitage, a rural community of less than 500 residents. With only a few more than 200 households in Hermitage, it isn’t surprising that none of the big incumbent providers want to install the infrastructure to offer businesses or residents high-quality connectivity. A recent Missourian article described what it’s like for businesses in a … Read More

Oconee County, South Carolina: Achieving Connectivity Goals Beyond AT&T Obstruction

Date: 2 Jan 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Most residents and businesses in Oconee County, South Carolina, used dial-up connections when county officials applied for stimulus funding in 2010; there were still people in the county with no Internet access at all. A few had DSL connections, but even county facilities struggled with antiquated infrastructure. After an AT&T attack upended their plan to offer retail … Read More

Community Broadband Media Roundup – February 13, 2015

Date: 17 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The FCC’s decision to change the definition of broadband continues to make ripples in the muni broadband world. With the speed increased from 4 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, to 25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 75% of the country is now classified as having either no service, or no choices for their Internet connection. The … Read More

Community Broadband Media Roundup – February 13, 2015

Date: 17 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The FCC’s decision to change the definition of broadband continues to make ripples in the muni broadband world. With the speed increased from 4 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, to 25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 75% of the country is now classified as having either no service, or no choices for their Internet connection. The … Read More

Monticello Public Partners Light Up Fiber in Illinois

Date: 5 Jun 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Kids in the Monticello Community Unified School District #25 (CUSD #25) are now enjoying a new publicly owned fiber optic network. The School District is one of four public partners that collaborated to install the network and share the $306,000 in deployment costs. The City of Monticello, Piatt County, and the Allerton Public Library began the … Read More

Catching Up with the RS Fiber Coop in Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #99

Date: 20 May 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In the nearly two years since we launched this podcast with an interview from Minnesota’s rural Sibley County, the project has evolved significantly but the need for better Internet access remains a constant. Today, we interview Coop Vice-Chair Cindy Gerholz and Winthrop Town Manager Mark Erickson to get an update on the fiber-to-the-farm project. The Renville-Sibley … Read More

1 2 3