Fast, affordable Internet access for all.
At a recent City Council meeting, New Braunfels council members approved $57,000 in funding for Phase II of a study to explore the feasibility of constructing a city-owned fiber network.
For public safety, fiber networks can offer new opportunities and improve existing services. Last year, Ammon, Idaho, created an award-widding, high-speed application to provide real-time information about school shooters to emergency responders.
The direct assault stalled but now anti-muni legislators in Missouri are going for the flank.
If The Bill Ain't No Good...
Another pilot program is evolving into greater things.
Alabama
At schools with sub-par Internet, kids face a poor connection with modern life by Chico Harlan, Washington Post
A new study conducted by two economists from a major banking institution says that municipal broadband networks contribute significantly to helping low income households
Caswell County School Board members recently voted to take a long-term approach to student connectivity in North Carolina.
Ten Years Was A Lifetime Ago
In March, we wrote about a prospective municipal fiber network project in the western Michigan city of Holland.
Valparaiso, Indiana, is investing in dark fiber to stimulate economic development; it is deploying ValpoNet, a dark fiber network to serve local businesses and institutions.
Every day, community leaders are working to overcome barriers to developing Internet networks. On Monday, April 4, 2016, Chris took part in the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) pre-conference panel on Public Perspectives to Partnerships at the Broadband Communities Summit in Austin, Texas.
“The Gateway to Scenic Southern Indiana” could soon be the gateway to high-speed Internet access in Indiana. The city of Bloomington, Indiana, has undertaken several projects and events in order to empower the community to find solutions to its connectivity problems.
The East Central Vermont Community Fiber-Optic Network (ECFiber), a 235-mile Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network that currently connects over 1,200 customers across 24 small towns in east central Vermont, is doing well.
Iowa
MediaCom is suing Iowa City to prevent broadband competition by Karl Bode, DSL Reports
Massachusetts
Virginia Beach has launched a $4.1 million capital improvement project to extend the city’s high-speed Internet network to all municipal buildings.
The 2016 Municipal Technology Conference is coming up on Thursday, May 5th, 2016 at the Augusta Civic Center in the state capital.
Fairlawn, Ohio, a quaint little city in Northern Ohio, it is about to get a big Gig – lightning fast Internet speeds of up to one Gigabit (1000 Megabits) per second (Gbps) – for $75 a month. The city has considered the prospect of such a network since last year, and now the community is moving forward.
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Christopher Mitchell sat down with Bill Wallace of US Ignite and Mark Erickson of the city of Winthrop, Minnesota. In part 2 of our ongoing series, Chris, Bill and Mark talk more about the "nuts and bolts" of building a network. Come back each Wednesday for new video content!
In Pennsylvania, many of Allegheny County’s schools are about to experience new and improved high-speed Internet access.
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Christopher Mitchell sat down with Bill Wallace of US Ignite and Mark Erickson of the city of Winthrop, Minnesota, to talk about the exciting applications communities can develop if they have the connectivity they need.
