Rural Leverett Network in Western Massachusetts Moves Forward

Date: 14 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Leverett, Massachusetts’ broadband initiative has moved to the next phase in bringing fiber to residents. The town selectboard recently decided on a bidder to build the community owned network. G4S designed the network and also works with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) as it brings a middle mile fiber network to towns across the western half … Read More

Colorado Town Plans Residential Survey For Community Owned Network

Date: 13 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The town of Erie, Colorado, is conducting a residential survey as it considers a community owned network. Erie has about 18,000 residents and straddles Boulder and Weld Counties.  The concerns facing Erie’s community leaders were recently summed up in a John Aguilar article in the Boulder Daily Camera. According to the article, four companies were to … Read More

Blair Levin Discusses Gig.U and More for Community Broadband Bits Episode #37

Date: 12 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Blair Levin is Executive Director of Gig.U. Prior to that, he was in charge of developing the National Broadband Plan and long before that was Chief of Staff for the FCC during the Clinton Presidency. He’s had a lot of experience in telecommunications policy but here we focus on what can be done to move America’s … Read More

PR Watch Ties ALEC to Now-Dead Bill in Georgia to Limit Internet Investment

Date: 11 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Brendan Fischer of the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch examines the ties between HB 282, the people behind it, and how it evolved into a threat to connectivity and local control. Brendan gave us permission to repost the story in full here. Since authoring this story, HB 282 was defeated in Georgia in a floor … Read More

U.S. Representative Congratulates Iowa Community for Muni Network

Date: 9 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), recently recognized the city of Indianola on the US House Floor to recognize the community’s municipal network. On February 15th, he spoke to the body about Indianola’s recent certification as Connected by Connected Nation and Connected Iowa. From his recognition speech, as reported on CapitolWords from the Sunlight Foundation: Mr. Speaker, I … Read More

Georgia Bill to Limit Internet Investment Dies on House Floor

Date: 8 Mar 2013 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We’ve been writing about Georgia’s HB 282 for weeks, discussing the likely impact from limiting who can build Internet networks in communities that have the most basic Internet connections. When the bill finally hit the House Floor, it failed in a bipartisan vote of 70 ayes to 94 nays. Many groups helped to educate the public … Read More

Community-Owned Internet, Long Targeted by ALEC and Big Telecom, Under Fire in Georgia

Date: 7 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

PR Watch, March 7, 2013 Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the Georgia Legislature are pushing a bill to thwart locally-owned internet in underserved communities, an industry-sponsored effort that effectively reinforces the digital divide. A vote in the Georgia Assembly is scheduled for Thursday, March 7; if Georgia passes the bill it would … Read More

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