CenturyLink Enters the Gigabit Network Era

Date: 1 May 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Telecompetitor, May 1, 2013 If you believe that Google, with their Google Fiber initiative, intended to raise awareness about gigabit FTTP networks and persuade other ISPs to move in that direction, it appears to be working. The latest to join the movement is CenturyLink, who announced today that they willbring a symmetrical gigabit FTTP network to … Read More

Medina County, Ohio, Celebrates Fiber Network Completion

Date: 1 May 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Community leaders in Medina County, Ohio, recently celebrated the completion of the Medina County Fiber Network (MCFN). Loren Grenson of the Medina Gazette reported on the celebratory breakfast event where officials proclaimed, “The monopoly is dead. Long live the fiber loop.” Local businesses already rave about the county owned MCFN, which offers Internet access, data tranport, and … Read More

The Next Elizabeth Warren Susan Crawford’s crusade against lousy, overpriced Internet providers

Date: 30 Apr 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The New Republic, April 30, 2013 Telecom regulators don’t usually have public followings, except perhaps among other telecom regulators. But as soon as rumors began circulating that Julius Genachowski planned to resign as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), petitions appeared on sites like BoingBoing, Reddit, and Daily Kos calling on President Barack Obama to … Read More

Kentucky Preserves Basic Telephone Protections Despite AT&T Predation

Date: 30 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Earlier this year we reported on SB 88 in the Kentucky legislature. The bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Paul Hornback and authored by AT&T, would have eliminated the “carrier of last resort” requirement and reduced consumer protections. A similar bill in 2011 was also defeated by a coalition of public interest groups. This is one of … Read More

Kentucky Coalition Takes Down AT&T Bill to Remove Consumer Phone Protections – Community Broadband Bits #44

Date: 30 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Episode #44 of our Community Broadband Bits podcast expands on our story exploring a major victory over bad AT&T-driven legislation in Kentucky. We welcome Mimi Pickering of Appalshop and Tom FitzGerald of the Kentucky Resources Council. We discuss why the AT&T-authored bill to gut consumer protections was bad for Kentucky and how a terrific coalition of … Read More

Palo Alto Dark Fiber Brings $2.1 Million Per Year, Expansion Plans Developing

Date: 29 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The city owned dark fiber network in Palo Alto is bringing in a steady stream of revenue that may lead to better connectivity for the entire community. According to a Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto Online article, the Utilities Department recently reported to the City Finance Committee that the city Fiber Fund yields $2.1 million per year. The revenue … Read More

Opelika, Alabama, Testing New Fiber Network

Date: 26 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We spoke with Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller in episode 40 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast and learned all about the community’s FTTH project. Local residents and businesses decided to go beyond the substandard services they received from Charter Cable and build their own municipal network. At the time of the interview, Opelika Power Services (OPS) was … Read More

In Kansas, Ottawa Launches Own Fiber Optic Network

Date: 25 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Ottawa, located in east central Kansas, recently launched its own municipal fiber network. The community of 13,000 in Franklin County watched nearby Chanute build and establish its own broadband utility. Ottawa plans a similar incremental strategy. Both communities boast strong farming traditions and host industrial employers that could not get what they needed from the existing … Read More

Lake County Project Moves Forward Despite Delays

Date: 24 Apr 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

After many delays, Lake County is now in the process of hanging in fiber for its extensive fiber optic network project called Lake Connections. A recent report from WDIO.com in Duluth reminds us that Mediacom and other opponents of the project have continued to obstruct the progress of a network that will connect thousands of households … Read More

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