In the past five years, rooftop solar has revealed the limitations of the archaic electric utility business model, as customers have found generating their own...
When Steamboat Springs resolved to improve Internet access for key community anchor institutions and businesses, they decided to make an economical investment in a carrier...
Colorado Wired for speed by Mary Shinn, The Durango Herald Delaware Newark exploring city-sponsored Internet by Xerxes Wilson, Delaware Online Indiana Board eyes...
As Westminster begins serving customers with its new FTTH network and partner Ting, we were curious how many communities are there where a residential subscriber...
In the spring, we reported on a public private partnership agreement between the community of Carl Junction and Wi-Fi provider Aire Fiber. According to City...
If you are lucky enough to live in a community where you have a municipal network as a provider, you already know they often go...
The publicly-owned Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD, had already installed the first utility-scale PV array in the nation back in 1984. By the early...
Cambridge, Massachusetts has established a Broadband Task Force and is looking for ways to better its local connectivity. In order to educate the public about...
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for the transcript of Episode 22 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Jason Grey discusses the history of nDanville and how...
For years, we have been frustrated at the tendency of communities and consultants to view municipal fiber networks as a binary decision. Should we or...
After a feasibility study on the possibility of a municipal triple-play fiber network left Cleveland Utilities feeling “…not overly optimistic…” community leaders have decided to...
Recycling advocates had stopped any ideas of building a garbage incinerator in the District of Columbia. Now, we are trying to stop the city from...
SandyNet has introduced some incredible fiber connectivity deals for local businesses. Like residents, businesses can now get gigabit service for $60 per month and 100...
The catalyst for a recent column by David Brooks was a speech delivered by his New York Times colleague Anand Giridharadas at the Aspen Action...
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript of Episode 162 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chris interviews David Talbot, a Fellow at Harvard’s...