Tennessee Communities Look Forward to Better Connectivity
Johnson City, Tennessee, residents are looking forward to great connectivity thanks to the city’s investment in broadband infrastructure. … Read More
Growing Oklahoma Community Embraces Benefits of Publicly Owned Fiber Network
Tuttle, Oklahoma, is reaping the benefits of publicly-owned broadband infrastructure. … Read More
Colorado Town Moves Forward on Community-Owned Broadband
Estes Park, Colorado is changing their municipal code in order to bring constituents what they want — a publicly owned broadband network.… Read More
Baby Step Toward Restoring Local Authority in Arkansas
A Senate bill in the Arkansas State Legislature is a small step in the right direction toward empowering municipalities to improve local connectivity. … Read More
After Strong Grassroots Effort, Colorado Town Looks Forward to Better Connectivity
Residents of Fort Collins, Colo. fought hard for the right to build their own broadband network, won, and are now looking forward to service starting as early as this summer. … Read More
Illinois City to Expand Fiber-to-the-Home Network to Residents in 2019
The city of Rock Falls, Illinois, will begin building out their fiber network to residential customers in early 2019. Local businesses are already using the network, which offers gigabit connectivity, a huge upgrade from the 10 – 20 Megabits per second (Mbps) download previously available from Comcast…… Read More
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly Defends False Claims About Municipal Broadband
When he spoke at the “Free Speech America” Gala in October, did FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly think he would still be explaining himself almost two months later? After trying and failing to justify his false claim that munis violate the First Amendment, he’s once again on the defensive. He’s getting no help from the big national ISPs he’s trying to support.… Read More
Georgia City Now Offers Even Faster Internet Access to Residents
In a recent episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, host Christopher Mitchell spoke with Hank Blackwood from Dalton Utilities in Georgia about their publicly owned network, OptiLink. Hank described an upcoming milestone for the community of around 35,000 and a few surrounding rural areas with access to the network. Now it’s official — OptiLink is the first municipal network in the state that offers residential gigabit Internet access to subscribers.… Read More
Massachusetts Town Moves Forward With Municipal Broadband Plans
Ninety miles west of Boston, the small town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, will soon have a new, municipal option for Internet access. In October, the South Hadley Electric Light Department (SHELD) Board of Commissioners unanimously approved plans to build a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network throughout the town of 17,000.… Read More
