Community Network Media Roundup By State California Santa Monica cited as model city for broadband by Debbie Lee, The Santa Monica Daily Press Beginning with the unveiling of a Telecommunications Master Plan in 1998, the City of Santa Monica has reduced the cost of laying fiber optic cable by nearly 90 percent by coordinating installation with … Read More
Momentum is growing in WiredWest territory and each town that votes takes on a fresh enthusiasm. New Salem is one of the latest communities to overwhelmingly support joining the municipal broadband cooperative. The Recorder reported that all but one of the 189 registered New Salem voters chose to authorize borrowing $1.5 million to move forward with … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for Episode 33 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Billy Ray, CEO of Glasgow Electric Power Board, on the fight with the incumbent provider. Listen to this episode here. 00:15: Lisa Gonzalez: Welcome once again to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, a production of the Institute … Read More
The city of Franklin, KY transfered ownership of its fiber optic network to the Franklin Electric Plant Board (EPB) for $2.5 million. The Franklin City Commission unanimously approved a resolution for the transfer of ownership at the June 8th meeting. The network, although no longer maintained by the city, is still under local control. The EPB … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for Episode 159 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Dave Spencer from NoaNet, the Northwest Open Access Network. Listen to this episode here. 00:06: Dave Spencer: Trying to lead by finding ways to meet the need, in order to fulfill our mission, which is to bring … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for Episode 34 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Dewayne Hendricks reflecting on some history, the National Information Infrastructure. Listen to this episode here. 00:15: Lisa Gonzalez: Hello, and welcome to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. I’m Lisa Gonzalez. In Episode … Read More
Community Network Services (CNS) has been serving six rural southwest Georgia communities since the late 1990s. Recently, we learned that the network added two more communities to its service area when it took over a small municipal cable system in Doerun and purchased a private cable company in Norman Park. CNS has been our radar since … Read More
Access to high-speed, broadband Internet facilitates economic development. Over the years, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has documented economic successes brought about by community broadband networks. We chose some of the most compelling examples, organized them by topic, and put them in one place for easy reference. Unfortunately, in some communities, a lack of broadband Internet … Read More
In June, 2005, voters in Lafayette chose to invest in a municipal FTTH network, now known as the only municipal gigabit network in the state, LUS Fiber. To celebrate the milestone, City-Parish President Joey Durel has declared July LUS Fiber Month. Current customers’ Internet access has been boosted up to gigabit speed at no extra charge … Read More
