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The Proper Role of Government in Broadband
I was just reminded of an excellent presentation given by Andrea Casselton back on October 17, 2007, after the Saint Paul Broadband Advisory Committee developed this report. Unfortunately, the city of...
View ArticlePrivate Industry Benefits from Government Involvement
Of course there is the argument that government should stay out of the way when it comes to broadband. Sometimes it is easy to forget how much the private industry benefits when government steps in to...
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PSA for Government Haters
An excellent satirical look at those who believe government is the root of all problems. Modern society has many problems that cannot be solved by individuals acting autonomously -- we need to work...
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Is Lafayettte Community Broadband Doing OK or Great?
Lafayette Doing OK, Doubles Capacity for PromotionJohn at Lafayette Pro Fiber recently updated us all on LUS Fiber's financials. According to John, LUS Fiber is doing OK, not great, in its FTTH...
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CNN Profiles Government-Backed Inventions
CNN Money has profiled 7 government-backed inventions. Most of us know the Internet would not have been possible without the research and development funded by tax dollars, but fewer know that the GPS...
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A Closer Look at FiberNet Monticello
Monticello has been all over the muni broadband news lately, in the wake of a letter it sent to bondholders [pdf] alerting them that the City would no longer make up the difference between the revenues...
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UTOPIA Makes Red Cross More Efficient, Cost Effective
In 1881, Clara Barton started the American Red Cross as a way to offer relief to victims of disaster. Coordinating relief in the face of crisis will always be challenging, but now UTOPIA, the publicly...
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Spencer, Iowa, Upgrading from Cable to Fiber
Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) of Spencer, Iowa, will be replacing old copper cable with fiber this summer. According to the Daily Reporter, customers can expect the upgrade with no increase in...
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Wilson's Greenlight Getting the Publicity It Deserves
WUNC 91.5, North Carolina Public Radio, recently introduced Greenlight to its audience. We have covered Wilson and Greenlight extensively since 2009. Will Michaels spoke with Will Aycock, highlighting...
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Justifying a Network with Indirect Cost Savings - Community Broadband Bits...
Today, Lisa and I are joined by Eric Lampland for a discussion of how a community could justify building a community owned network from the indirect benefits that it would create, including the savings...
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Kansas Community Benefits from Community Owned Networks
Even though the Kansas cable lobby have temporarily retracted their competition-killing telecom bill, we still want to highlight the benefits of preserving full home rule, local authority by focusing...
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Paid Prioritization Threat Reinforces Value of Community Networks
Recent reports out of the FCC say that it will allow ISPs to create and sell "fast lanes" of Internet access to the companies with sufficiently deep pockets to afford them. While some people argue over...
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Gainesville Plans Gigabit Ring for City and Businesses in Texas Town
The Gainesville City Council recently approved a plan to deploy a fiber ring throughout the Texas town of 16,000. The network will connect municipal facilities and offer gigabit connectivity to local...
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Spencer Municipal Utilities Expands Upgrade to Fiber in Iowa
Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) in Iowa is expanding an upgrade project to bring fiber to approximately 2,000 additional premises. A little over a year ago, we reported on the switch from coax cable...
View ArticleThe Birth of Community Broadband - Video
ILSR is excited to announce a new short video examining an impressive municipal broadband network, Glasgow Kentucky. Glasgow was the first municipal broadband network and indeed, seems to have been the...
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Longmont Schools Save, Increase Bandwidth With Help from LPC
Schools in Longmont recently began working with Longmont Power and Communications (LPC) to increase bandwidth, save money, and begin implementing a new technology plan. As part of the plan, every...
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Broward County Saves with Fiber Network in Florida
In 2014, Broward County completed its transition from an expensive leased data, video, and voice communications system to its own fiber network. The southern Florida county is now saving $780,000 per...
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PSA for Government Haters
An excellent satirical look at those who believe government is the root of all problems. Modern society has many problems that cannot be solved by individuals acting autonomously -- we need to work...
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Is Lafayettte Community Broadband Doing OK or Great?
Lafayette Doing OK, Doubles Capacity for PromotionJohn at Lafayette Pro Fiber recently updated us all on LUS Fiber's financials. According to John, LUS Fiber is doing OK, not great, in its FTTH...
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CNN Profiles Government-Backed Inventions
CNN Money has profiled 7 government-backed inventions. Most of us know the Internet would not have been possible without the research and development funded by tax dollars, but fewer know that the GPS...
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