Only one in 11 households in the United States have fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriptions, according to a 2014 Broadband Communities primer, but that might begin to change as more and more studies show the economic benefits of fiber. Most recently, the Fiber To The Home Council Americas funded a study in conjunction with the University of Colorado … Read More
When Steamboat Springs resolved to improve Internet access for key community anchor institutions and businesses, they decided to make an economical investment in a carrier neutral facility to allow multiple ISPs to invest and compete with each other. In episode 163 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Tim Miles explains what that means and how they … Read More
Colorado Wired for speed by Mary Shinn, The Durango Herald Delaware Newark exploring city-sponsored Internet by Xerxes Wilson, Delaware Online Indiana Board eyes way to bring fiber optics to Triton Central by Andy Proffet, Shelbyville News New York State looks for opinions on telecommunications future by Craig Wolf, The Poughkeepsie Journal Broadband initiative … Read More
As Westminster begins serving customers with its new FTTH network and partner Ting, we were curious how many communities are there where a residential subscriber can obtain affordable gigabit access? We estimate the number of networks, large or small, where a majority of residents in a community can obtain gigabit service for $100 or less to … Read More
In the spring, we reported on a public private partnership agreement between the community of Carl Junction and Wi-Fi provider Aire Fiber. According to City Administrator, Steve Lawver, the City Council had second thoughts and pulled out of the deal. Even though the partnership has ceased to be an option, the people of Carl Junction will … Read More
If you are lucky enough to live in a community where you have a municipal network as a provider, you already know they often go the extra mile to serve customers. However, they don’t always market as well as the incumbents, something that is starting to change with naturally viral ads. Enter Chatanooga’s “Fibervention” campaign. The … Read More
Cambridge, Massachusetts has established a Broadband Task Force and is looking for ways to better its local connectivity. In order to educate the public about the advantages of broadband, the local community CCTV channel will televise presentations and sit-downs between local leaders who can describe how it will impact Cambridge. The first episode of Cambridge Broadband … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for the transcript of Episode 22 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Jason Grey discusses the history of nDanville and how the open access model has worked in Danville Virginia. Listen to this episode here. 00:15: Lisa Gonzalez: Hello, there. Welcome to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, brought to you by … Read More
For years, we have been frustrated at the tendency of communities and consultants to view municipal fiber networks as a binary decision. Should we or shouldn’t we? Should they or shouldn’t they? At its worst, it is framed with the most expensive approach – borrowing for a citywide all-at-once approach. Consider this framing by a recent … Read More
