The USA Today occasionally covered the Lafayette muni fiber network fight as Cox and Bellsouth used every dirty trick conceivable against the community to shut...
Updated 2/1/12 because I underestimated how the tiered pricing worked. Thanks to bkarney at Renewable Energy World for the comment. Last week I wrote about...
Local governments are often looking for low-risk options for expanding broadband access to residents and local businesses. There are not many. Seattle put some extra...
As Australia rolls out its National Broadband Network (NBN), an open access mostly FTTH network that will connect 90% of the population (with most of...
As Georgia’s Senate considers revoking local authority over whether or not to build a community network, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisers has...
We have long been arguing that the telephone and cable companies are not sufficiently investing in the connections needed by communities. Quarter after quarter, companies...
In the wake of a bill in Georgia to revoke local authority and substitute it with state say-so over whether a community can build a...
Chattanooga’s community owned EPB Fiber Network continues to get positive reviews from subscribers in the local paper. And Comcast’s customers continue to complain. The Times...
A rural Fiber-to-the-Farm project that started in Sibley County has added three new towns to its potential territory due to the extremely high interest in...
I recently stumbled across a great point regarding the spectacular failure of the US (mostly the FCC, but Congress should certainly share some of the...
The SouthEast Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors has its annual conference in Chattanooga this year – March 12 and 13th. The conference includes a...
With AT&T again pushing a bill in South Carolina to revoke local authority to build community broadband networks, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and...
With all the great community broadband network projects out there that are owned by local governments, I hope readers will take some time to nominate...
The Georgia Senate is considering SB 313, a bill that would overrule local decision-making authority in matters of broadband. Even as connections to the Internet...
Minnesota Public Radio has once again covered some of the many benefits coming from the stimulus-funded Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services that grew out of WindomNet,...