SHLB Coalition Offering October Symposium on Anchor Institution Broadband...
On October 2nd in Washington, D.C., the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) will be hosting a symposium on "School-Library Partnerships and Other Anchor Institution Broadband...
View ArticleBusiness, Education Call on Culver City to Invest in Muni Fiber in L.A. County
Last fall, Culver City hired a consultant to develop a design and business plan for a possible fiber network project. Recently, prominent business leaders and parents of local school children have...
View ArticleDakota County is Fiber Rich Thanks to Dig Once Approach - Community Broadband...
Calls for "dig once" policies have resonated for years. The general idea is that we can more fiber and conduit in the ground at lower prices if we coordinate to include them in various projects that...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - October 24
On this week’s community broadband media roundup, we have more reverberations from Next Century Cities, a forward-thinking coalition of cities that promises real progress in establishing or restoring...
View ArticleMetronet Dark Fiber Network Expanding Education in South Bend, Indiana
In South Bend, the Trinity School at Green Lawn recently connected to the Metronet Zing dark fiber network thanks to a grant from Metronet and nCloud. According to Broadband Communities Magazine, the...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - December 19
This was a big year for local governments and many year-end discussions have noted the role of cities in expanding high quality Internet access. Among them, The Free Press' Timothy Karr:The rise of...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - February 13, 2015
The FCC’s decision to change the definition of broadband continues to make ripples in the muni broadband world. With the speed increased from 4 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, to 25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 75% of...
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