1 Jun 2016

Video: Break the Chains, Build Local Power

by | Date: 1 Jun 2016 | posted in: Energy, From the Desk of David Morris, MuniNetworks, Retail, The Public Good, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Since our founding in 1974, we have worked to rewrite the rules and empower communities to choose their own future. Across several vital economic sectors, we help break the corporate stranglehold that extracts wealth from local economies and undermines democracy. We give communities the tools to build a strong local economy themselves. From banking to energy, healthy soils … Read More
12 May 2016

Minnesota’s Broadband Grant Program: Getting the Rules Right

by | Date: 12 May 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Minneapolis, MN —In its first two years of implementation, the Minnesota Border-to-Border program distributed $30 million to 31 rural Minnesota communities. But the state has not put enough money into the program and needs to put more focus on getting investment in Greater Minnesota cities to spur economic development. “This funding is essential to greater Minnesota communities … Read More
18 Apr 2016

RS Fiber: Fertile Fields for new Rural Internet Cooperative

by | Date: 18 Apr 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

21ST CENTURY FARMS REQUIRE 21ST CENTURY CONNECTIVITY. Denied Access by telephone and cable companies, they created a new model. Winthrop, MN — A new trend is emerging in rural communities throughout the United States: Fiber-to-the-Farm. Tired of waiting for real Internet access from big companies, farmers are building it themselves. Communities in and around Minnesota’s rural … Read More
8 Apr 2016

Local Media Covers the Minnesota “Donut Hole” Phenomenon: Video, Editorial

by | Date: 8 Apr 2016 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As Minnesota’s Legislature decides on funding for the state’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, local media is calling on state leaders to prioritize local connectivity in the Capitol Chambers. This year, Governor Dayton’s office is recommending allocating $100 million to the program.… Read More
6 Apr 2016

More Colorado Communities Shut Out State Barriers At The Voting Booth

by | Date: 6 Apr 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Once again, local communities in Colorado chose to shout out to leaders at the Capitol and tell them, “We reclaim local telecommunications authority!” Nine more towns in the Centennial State voted on Tuesday to opt out of 2005’s SB 152. Here are the unofficial results from local communities that can’t be any more direct at telling … Read More
28 Mar 2016

AT&T Tries to End the Magic of One Touch Make-Ready

by | Date: 28 Mar 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On the border of Kentucky and Indiana a fight is brewing as AT&T and Google Fiber have both announced plans to bring Gigabit Internet service to Louisville, Kentucky. Home to over half a million, the city could see major economic development with new ultra high-speed Internet access, but there’s a problem: the utility poles. AT&T is … Read More
25 Mar 2016

Mancos Voters The Latest To Decide Local Authority In Colorado

by | Date: 25 Mar 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

 Mancos, a rural community of about 1,300 in rural southwest Colorado, hopes to join over 50 other communities across the state that have reclaimed local telecommunications authority. On April 5th, the town will decide whether to exempt itself from SB 152, Colorado’s 2005 state law that removed local choice from municipalities and local governments. Located at … Read More
22 Mar 2016

Listen to the Lawyers: Audio of Oral Arguments Now Available in TN/NC vs FCC

by | Date: 22 Mar 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Attorneys argued before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on March 17th in the case of Tennessee and North Carolina vs the FCC. The attorneys presented their arguments before the court as it considered the FCC’s decision to peel back state barriers that prevent local authority to expand munis. A little over a year ago, the … Read More
21 Mar 2016

CLIC to Host Preconference Day in Austin on April 4th

by | Date: 21 Mar 2016 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Are you going to the Austin Broadband Communities Conference this spring? If you plan on attending the April 5 – 7 event, you may want to head out one day early so you can check out the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) Preconference Day event on April 4. From the CLIC email invite: CLIC’s pre-conference … Read More

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