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"Ask Us Anything" Event on Organizing For a Network and Open Access on Dec 17
Last month, we held our first "Ask Us Anything: An Open Talk on Muni Networks" event for people interested in learning more about municipal networks. We were pleased by the turn out and by the quality...
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Muscatine, Iowa, Upgrading to FTTH
Muscatine Power & Water (MP&W) announced in late November that it will upgrade its municipal hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) communications network to an FTTH network. The upgrade will allow...
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"Getting Started on Broadband" Webinar from Blandin on January 7th
The Blandin Foundation will be holding another informative webinar on Wednesday, January 7th. The event is titled "Getting Started on Community Broadband" and runs from 2 - 3 p.m. CST. You can register...
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OneCommunity Announces "Big Gig Challenge" Award Recipients
Last fall, nonprofit ISP OneCommunity created the "Big Gig Challenge" to jump start expansion and promote gigabit applications in northeast Ohio. The organization recently announced the winners and...
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Seattle Grassroots Muni Initiative Kicks Off With Campaign Survey
Seattleites tired of waiting for incumbents to provide better services, have decided to launch a campaign to establish Internet access as a public utility. In order to get the campaign off to a strong...
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Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst
Time Warner Cable began lobbying Maine legislators at the dawn of the legislative session, reports the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. In January, the cable gargantuan hosted a "Winter...
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Community Networks Map 2015 Fact Sheet
As of January 2015, more communities than ever before have realized the value of publicly owned broadband infrastructure.In order to introduce our updated Community Networks Map to advocates of better...
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Cable Companies Lose Big at FCC, Barriers to Community Broadband Struck Down
For Immediate Release: February 26, 2015Contact: Christina DiPasquale, 202.716.1953, Christina@fitzgibbonmedia.comBREAKING: Cable Companies Lose Big at FCC, Barriers to Community Broadband Struck...
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Occupy Radio Interviews Chris: Community Broadband is the Next Internet Battle
Ready ... set ... get local net!Chris recently spoke to OEMG Occupy Radio about the hundreds of community broadband networks providing some of the best Internet service in the country. He encouraged...
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Fiber Forum in Yellow Springs Will Share Info on Munis With Ohio Community
Join Chris and several other experts on municipal networks on April 25th as they address a crowd in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Yellow-Springs.Net, a group of residents who have rallied together to organize...
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Lafayette Considers Expansion, One Nearby Town Strikes Itself From List
We have long applauded communities that have built their own fiber networks and then elect to expand them to neighboring communities. In Louisiana for example, Lafayette could hoard its network,...
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Mesh Networks: They Are Out There
There are probably more mesh Wi-Fi networks operating in the U.S. than most of us realize. They require only one hard-wired connection to the Internet and there are many industrious, tech minded people...
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Gigabit Networks and Utah: March 24th Luncheon and Webcast
On Friday, April 24th, make plans to attend the Utah and Broadband Breakfast Club Luncheon Event. If you can't make it in person, attend the webcast. The topic: Gigabit Networks in Utah.From the...
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ECFiber Adds 1,000th Customer; Continues to Expand in Vermont
In April, ECFiber connected it 1,000th customer in Thetford Hill. Users at the First Congregational Church, described as the oldest meeting house in the state, have nothing but kudos for ECFiber and...
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Lessons Learned from Community Outreach in Gilberts, Illinois
Earlier this year, we reported on the Village of Gilberts, Illinois, where voters defeated a measure to approve general obligation bonds for a municipal network project. Our story got the attention of...
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"Ask Us Anything" Event on Organizing For a Network and Open Access on Dec 17
Last month, we held our first "Ask Us Anything: An Open Talk on Muni Networks" event for people interested in learning more about municipal networks. We were pleased by the turn out and by the quality...
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Muscatine, Iowa, Upgrading to FTTH
Muscatine Power & Water (MP&W) announced in late November that it will upgrade its municipal hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) communications network to an FTTH network. The upgrade will allow...
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"Getting Started on Broadband" Webinar from Blandin on January 7th
The Blandin Foundation will be holding another informative webinar on Wednesday, January 7th. The event is titled "Getting Started on Community Broadband" and runs from 2 - 3 p.m. CST. You can register...
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OneCommunity Announces "Big Gig Challenge" Award Recipients
Last fall, nonprofit ISP OneCommunity created the "Big Gig Challenge" to jump start expansion and promote gigabit applications in northeast Ohio. The organization recently announced the winners and...
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Seattle Grassroots Muni Initiative Kicks Off With Campaign Survey
Seattleites tired of waiting for incumbents to provide better services, have decided to launch a campaign to establish Internet access as a public utility. In order to get the campaign off to a strong...
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