Longmont Fiber Ring Referendum
Residents in Longmont, Colorado are preparing for a municipal referendum to utilize an existing fiber optic network.
The referendum is set for Tuesday, November 1, 2011.
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AT&T Takes Its Astroturf Show on the Road, Midwest Edition
As AT&T tries to buy out its competition via the T-Mobile merger, it has sent out its allies and minions to push the company line in communities around the country.
Longmont Referendum Take Two: It Starts With a Debate
As we previously noted, the city of Longmont, Colorado, is preparing for a referendum to allow the City to offer telecommunications services to local businesses and residents using a fiber ring it built long ago.
Publicly Owned Network in Wisconsin Creates Taxpayer Savings
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls worked together to build a high-capacity broadband network connecting community anchor institutions, including schools, clinics, traffic lights, and more.
AllCoNet Pioneers Muni Wireless in Maryland
Two hours northwest of the nation’s capital lies rural Allegany County, in western Maryland on the border with Pennsylvania. In the mid-1990s, before cable internet was even widely available, the county launched a successful wireless carrier network that would expand into an envied public model. In 1996, the State of Maryland offered financial assistance to wire public schools.
Visiting Elected Officials Makes a Difference
Before Josh Levy and five other activists met with Yvette Clarke (D-NY), she had signed a letter of support for the AT&T merger with T-Mobile.
Massachusetts Electricity Debate Mirrors Community Broadband Networks
An interesting article earlier this week on Boston.com says a number of Massachusetts towns are studying muni electric plants after the privately owned electrical company took too long restoring power in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.
Help a Student: Community Wireless Survey
I received a request from a student looking for people to complete a short poll to help his research into community wireless. He is looking for anyone presently contributing to a wireless network or anyone historically involved in one. Thanks!
Santa Monica Receives Another Award for City Fiber Network
Santa Monica has received yet another award for its publicly owned broadband network, not too long after it received award from the Ash Center at Harvard Uni
Big Broadband Breaks Ground in Illinois
The Champaign-Urbana "Big Broadband" stimulus project as broken ground.
Broadband on Modern Farm
Too many policy and decision makers have little idea what life is like in flyover country, let alone on the farm. Many have been convinced that people living in rural areas either have no interest in or use for fast, reliable, and affordable connections to the Internet.
Granbury, Texas, Deploys City Owned Wireless Network
In the place where “Texas history lives,” the City of Granbury followed a fellow Texas city in delivering a Tropos wifi system that covers all 10 square miles of the city.
More Testimonials for Chattanooga Community Fiber
Chattanooga's publicly owned EPBFi advanced broadband network has produced a series of testimonials from people that have switched to their services from the national incumbent providers.
Black Voices for Internet Freedom Kicks off Next Friday
If I were near Washington, DC, next week, I would be stopping by the New America Foundation for the kickoff of "Black Voices for Internet Freedom" with a panel discussion.
Black and Latino communities are coming together to keep the Internet open and free from discrimination.
PUC Gives Lake Communications Authority to Offer Broadband on Minnesota North Shore
When last we looked in on the Lake County FTTH project connecting rural areas north of Lake Superior, the County had just ditched its original management team and Mediacom star
Chattanooga Creates Subscriber Testimonials for City Owned Broadband
Chattanooga, with the nation's fastest citywide broadband network, offers lessons to many other communities who have built or are building their own networks. Chattanooga is regarded as one of the most successful muni networks in terms of a smooth operation with good advertising and a great back office approach.
Charles County Library Implements Wifi with La Plata
The Southern Maryland Independent reports the Charles County Technology Council brought together local innovators in technology and environmental sustainability on September 10.
Fibrant Buys More Set-Top Boxes
Salisbury's Fibrant network, a muni FTTH network in North Carolina that is approaching its one year anniversary, has decided to celebrate by ordering 5,000 set-top boxes.
Citibank Finally Files Suit Against Burlington Telecom
After more than a year of expecting Citibank to file suit against Burlington, they finally did. Burlington Telecom, a muni FTTH network, now illustrates the worst case scenario for muni broadband.
4G Wireless for Rural America? Not Nearly Good Enough
The good folks at Public Knowledge have released a report (with a fun video, embedded below) appropriately titled, "4G + Data Caps = Magic Beans." These are the fraudulent version of magic beans - don't expect any beanstalks to data clouds.