Bar Harbor, Maine, Studies Muni Fiber to Replace Time Warner Cable Franchise

Date: 30 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For the past several months, Maine communities have been a hotbed of broadband activity. Bar Harbor, located midway along the state’s Atlantic coast, is another community looking at fiber as a necessary investment.  According to a February article in the Mount Desert Islander, the town of 5,200 has decided to move forward with a feasibility study. … Read More

Isleboro, Maine, Will Vote to Bond for Municipal Network in May

Date: 5 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Isleboro, the Maine island community of 566, will decide in May whether or not they want to bond to build a municipal fiber network, reports The Working Waterfront. The network will be owned by the town who plans to partner with GWI to operate and manage it.  Currently, about 2/3 of residents on the island use … Read More

Remembering David Carr, and His Writing on Monopoly Power

Date: 4 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of ILSR and Director of the Community-Scaled Economy Initiative, took a few moments to look back over the work of David Carr. Carr’s work included investigating monopolies in the telecommunications space. Stacy’s story, re-posted here, originally ran on ILSR.org. What will we do without David Carr, the brilliant media columnist at the New York … Read More

Time Warner Cable Successfully Blocks Funds for Community Network in Maine; Project to Continue

Date: 12 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Time Warner Cable recently fought to prevent a collaborative project in Maine from receiving $125,000 in state broadband funding, reported the Bangor Daily News.  We reported in December that Old Town, Orono, the University of Maine, and GWI had been awarded ConnectME funds. The collaborators earmarked the funding for a stretch of about 4 miles of fiber which … Read More

Time Warner Cable Successfully Blocks Funds for Community Network in Maine; Project to Continue

Date: 12 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Time Warner Cable recently fought to prevent a collaborative project in Maine from receiving $125,000 in state broadband funding, reported the Bangor Daily News.  We reported in December that Old Town, Orono, the University of Maine, and GWI had been awarded ConnectME funds. The collaborators earmarked the funding for a stretch of about 4 miles of fiber which … Read More

Comcast Ghostwrites Letters From Elected Officials to FCC

Date: 10 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

It is common knowledge that Comcast and a number of political leaders enjoy special relationships. Nevertheless, it was still a bit shocking to see the level at which Comcast’s army has infiltrated the political process as uncovered in a recent Verge article. Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T, and CenturyLink lawyers and lobbyists often write legislation for … Read More

Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst

Date: 6 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Time Warner Cable began lobbying Maine legislators at the dawn of the legislative session, reports the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. In January, the cable gargantuan hosted a “Winter Policy Conference” for state lawmakers at the exclusive Inn by the Sea resort. As Maine state leaders contemplate how they can boost connectivity, the incumbents are … Read More

Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst

Date: 6 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Time Warner Cable began lobbying Maine legislators at the dawn of the legislative session, reports the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. In January, the cable gargantuan hosted a “Winter Policy Conference” for state lawmakers at the exclusive Inn by the Sea resort. As Maine state leaders contemplate how they can boost connectivity, the incumbents are … Read More

Cities in Kentucky and Massachusetts Want a Say In Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger

Date: 24 Oct 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As the feds continue to evaluate the wisdom of the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, local communities in several states are attempting to throw a wrench in the federal approval machine. In Worcester, Massachusetts, the City Council recently refused to approve the transfer of the city’s cable television license to Comcast. In order to sweet-talk the federal … Read More

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