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Cambridge Broadband Advocate at the Summit: "We Are the Perfect Testbed" | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Cambridge Broadband Advocate at the Summit: We Are the Perfect Testbed. Tue, July 21, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. In April, Chris spoke at the Broadband Communities Summit in Austin. If you were not able to attend, Saul Tannenbaum's Readfold.com article. Gives you a taste of what it was like. Tannenbaum is a member of the Cambridge Broadband Task Force, recently set up. By the city's City Manager to investigate the possibility of municipal broadband connectivity. Cambridg...
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Sign up as a Friend of Fiber. August and September Updates. August and September had much activity:. On 8/6 I practiced pitching Rome Fiber to the Thincubator summer cohort. On 9/2 the Mayoral Debate had a strong showing of support for improved internet infrastructure from many of the candidates. On 9/15 I gave a lightning talk at the Thincubator. On 9/24 I attended the NFOC. Where I learned a lot and met some great folks. POTs and PANs: What is 5G? Consulting, 30th July 2015. A ‘Level VII. We have a spa...
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Carl Junction Pulls Out of Public Private Partnership | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Carl Junction Pulls Out of Public Private Partnership. Mon, August 10, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. 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. Carl Junction has been searching. Feasibility to this final agreement took 4 or 5 years. Be patient. Understand that ...The S...
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Co-Mo Cooperative: Bringing Some of the Fastest Speeds in the Nation to Rural Missouri | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Co-Mo Cooperative: Bringing Some of the Fastest Speeds in the Nation to Rural Missouri. Sun, March 08, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. Co-Mo Cooperative and the Co-Mo Connect Board of Directors recently voted to proceed. With the final phases of its gigabit. Project. The decision assures the plan to bring to. To all Co-Mo members by the end of 2016. We checked in on Co-Mo about a year ago. To $99.95 per month for gigabit service; all speeds are. We’re creating this wide swath...
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Community Network Map | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Communities invest in telecommunications networks for a variety of reasons - economic development, improving access to education and health care, price stabilization, etc. They range from massive networks offering a gig to hundreds of thousands in Tennessee to small towns connecting a few local businesses. This map tracks a variety of ways in which local governments have invested in wired telecommunications networks as well as state laws that discourage such approaches.
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Cable Companies Lose Big at FCC, Barriers to Community Broadband Struck Down | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Cable Companies Lose Big at FCC, Barriers to Community Broadband Struck Down. Thu, February 26, 2015 Posted by rebecca. February 26, 2015. Christina DiPasquale, 202.716.1953, Christina@fitzgibbonmedia.com. BREAKING: Cable Companies Lose Big at FCC, Barriers to Community Broadband Struck Down. Said Christopher Mitchell, Director of Community Broadband Networks at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Cable companies lost their bet that millions spent on lobbying. The FC...
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erwin tn | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. The following stories have been tagged erwin tn. Larr; Back to All Tags. Little Gig City And Friends Go to Nashville to Fight for Local Authority. Mon, November 23, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. As the people of Tennessee wait for the court to determine their broadband future, state and local leaders in Nashville are hearing municipal network advocates and foes. The bipartisan Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Anticipating state legislation aimed.
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Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Listen to AT&T's CEO, not Lobbyists | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Listen to AT&T's CEO, not Lobbyists. Wed, February 08, 2012 Posted by christopher. AT&T lobbyists in Georgia. Are arguing that local governments should not be allowed to build the networks that communities need, suggesting that the private sector is primed to make the necessary connections. But AT&T's CEO had a different message for investors a few weeks ago, in an earnings call on January 26. We don’t have one right now.
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North Carolina Files Petition Opposing FCC Ruling to End Anti-Muni Laws | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. North Carolina Files Petition Opposing FCC Ruling to End Anti-Muni Laws. Fri, May 15, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. It took a while, but the State of North Carolina finally decided to take its turn at the throat of the FCC. Attorneys filed a Petition for Review in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals similar to the one filed by the State of Tennessee. In March. The Petition is available for. Of the decision back in March. Wilson is taking the new development in stride:. We are ...
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Gigabit Muni Fiber Partnership: Westminster and Ting | community broadband networks
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Institute for Local Self Reliance. Gigabit Muni Fiber Partnership: Westminster and Ting. Tue, January 13, 2015 Posted by lgonzalez. Westminster's city council just voted unanimously to establish a partnership with Ting, reports the Carroll County Times. Known primarily as a mobile service provider, Ting wants to offer Internet services via the new municipal fiber optic network. Ting announced earlier this month that it would soon begin offering Internet service in Charlottesville, Virginia. From the very...
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