Whitewater Weighs Options for Municipal Broadband

Date: 10 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Whitewater, Wisconsin, a city of just under 15,000 people that sits midway between Madison and Milwaukee, is considering its options for establishing a municipal broadband utility. As reported by the local Daily Union newspaper, members of the city council, the community development authority, other local bodies, and the public met this week to hear a feasibility … Read More

Wireless Commons Part 2: The Possibilities of an Open, Unlicensed Spectrum

Date: 9 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In the first part of this series, we discussed how spectrum could be better managed to allow far greater communications capacity, but only if the FCC abandoned its traditional approach of auctioning spectrum to carriers for monopolistic use. In this part, we’ll discuss how devices could take advantage of a new approach to spectrum management and … Read More

Harford County Network Goes Live in Maryland

Date: 8 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Harford County, a mixed suburban and rural area in northeast Maryland, flipped the switch in late May on its Harford Metro Area Network (HMAN). The network includes 160 miles of fiber bringing high speed broadband to 150 sites, including all area schools, fire stations, libraries, and county and municipal buildings. The project required $13.8 million in … Read More

Early Lessons from Longmont – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 106

Date: 8 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Longmont is about to break ground on the citywide FTTH gigabit network but it is already offering services to local businesses and a few neighborhoods that started as pilot projects. Vince Jordan, previously a guest two years ago, is back to update us on their progress. Until recently, Vince was the Telecom Manager for Longmont Power … Read More

Local Government Groups: “We Need Local Authority”

Date: 7 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As the FCC considers the role of local authority in expanding Internet access, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is hearing from coalitions opposing state barriers on municipal networks. On July 3, Executive Directors from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), the National League of Cities (NLC), and the National Association of Counties (NACo) sent … Read More

Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference September 16 – 18

Date: 3 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Join Chris in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Community Fiber Networks conference in September. The meet-up is part of Broadband Communities Magazine’s  Economic Development series; Chris will present at the event. The conference will run September 16 – 18 at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel. Jim Baller, Conference Chairman and Principal at the Baller Herbst Law … Read More

Gainesville Plans Gigabit Ring for City and Businesses in Texas Town

Date: 3 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Gainesville City Council recently approved a plan to deploy a fiber ring throughout the Texas town of 16,000. The network will connect municipal facilities and offer gigabit connectivity to local businesses. Gainesville is located seven miles from the Oklahoma border in Cooke County.According to City Manager Barry Sullivan, the planned route will provide access to … Read More

Wireless Commons Part 1: Interference Is a Myth, but the FCC Hasn’t Caught on Yet

Date: 2 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This is the first in two-part series on spectrum basics and how we could better manage the spectrum to encourage innovation and prevent either large corporations or government from interfering with our right to communicate. Part 2 is available here. We often think of all our wireless communications as traveling separate on paths: television, radio, Wi-Fi, … Read More

Conduit Policy the Foundation for Affordable Gig Service in the Bay Area

Date: 2 Jul 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Smart conduit policy, implemented in 1999, is now paying off in Brentwood. The Bay Area community of 52,000 recently reached an agreement with Sonic.net to bring fiber to the community via city-owned conduit. The partners anticipate a fall 2015 project completion. The City requires all new development be constructed with conduit to the premise via a … Read More

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