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Green Lighting In Chattanooga - Savings, Safety and Jobs
Chattanooga is once again using their municipally owned network to improve the quality of life and save money at the same time. New LED street lamps have been installed all over the City and the...
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Fiber Optic ConnectArlington Moving Forward in Virginia
Arlington County, Virginia is taking advantage of a series of planned projects to create their own fiber optic network, ConnectArlington. The County is moving into phase II of its three part plan to...
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FastRoads Set to Bring Fiber to Southwestern New Hampshire
In 2011, we brought you information about New Hampshire FastRoads, an open access project. At the time, the discussion centered around legislative events. We decided to look into the FastRoads project...
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Chanute's Gig: Rural Kansas Network Built Without Borrowing
Publication Date: October 2, 2012 Author(s): Lisa Gonzalez Author(s): Christopher Mitchell The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has just released a new case study on community broadband -- this one...
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Community Broadband Bits 16 - JD Lester and Larry Gates - Chanute, Kansas
Following the release of our case study on Chanute, Kansas, we have an interview with City Manager JD Lester and Director of Utilities Larry Gates for our 16th podcast -- Community Broadband Bits.JD...
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Port Angeles'"The Mesh" Up and Running
Citywide Internet will soon be available as a monthly service in Port Angeles on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Mayor Cherie Kidd, Police Chief Terry Gallagher, and Councilwoman Brooke Nelson...
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Wilson's Greenlight Leads North Carolina in Fast Internet
Publication Date: December 5, 2012 Author(s): Todd O'Boyle, Common Cause Author(s): Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Following the collapse of key industries, a town of 50,000...
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OneCommunity Helps More Ohio Towns Take Advantage of Fiber
In Cuyahoga County, OneCommunity is leading the effort of upgrade the County's networking ability. With a special focus on improving pubic safety, the project is estimated to save the county $10...
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Jefferson County, Washington, Set to Build New Fiber Network
Another county in Washington will soon be connected via a community owned fiber network. Peter Quinn, of the Economic Development Committee Team Jefferson, tells us that the Public Utility District of...
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In California, Tough Economic Times Led Shafter To Adjust Network Plan
In the 1990s, the community of Shafter, California, began developing its strategic plan; the move would eventually lead them to build a municipal broadband network. The town of 17,000 still depended...
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Central Coast Californians Choose Cost Savings Over Charter
California's Watsonville, population 51,200, joins the ranks of municipalities considering the benefits of a publicly owned fiber optic network to connect key facilities. At a September 10 the City...
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Ponca City Fiber: Serving Businesses, Schools, and Offering Free Wi-Fi
Its extensive free Wi-Fi has brought Ponca City into the limelight but the mesh network did not appear overnight. The community effort began with miles of fiber network that provide connectivity and...
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ConnectArlington to Offer Dark Fiber Services to Local Businesses in Virginia
We last reported on Arlington County, Virginia, in the summer of 2012 when they were into phase II of their publicly owned fiber network deployment. At the time, the community planned to use the dark...
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Harford County Network Goes Live in Maryland
Harford County, a mixed suburban and rural area in northeast Maryland, flipped the switch in late May on its Harford Metro Area Network (HMAN). The network includes 160 miles of fiber bringing high...
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Ellensburg Considers Muni Fiber Network Expansion
Last year, we covered this central Washington city’s first foray into publicly owned fiber optics. The local incumbent, Charter Communications, began charging the city $10,000 per month for services it...
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Call to Action: Support Stronger Rules for Mobile 911
An increasing number of Americans are abandoning their landlines for the convenience and economy of mobile devices. Unfortunately, doing so also makes it more difficult to locate the caller in an...
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Dark Fiber Option Coming to Arlington Businesses
Arlington is finally ready to open up its network to local businesses seeking better connectivity, reports local news WJLA. The county board recently voted unanimously to allow providers to lease dark...
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FastRoads Set to Bring Fiber to Southwestern New Hampshire
In 2011, we brought you information about New Hampshire FastRoads, an open access project. At the time, the discussion centered around legislative events. We decided to look into the FastRoads project...
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Chanute's Gig: Rural Kansas Network Built Without Borrowing
Publication Date: October 2, 2012 Author(s): Lisa Gonzalez Author(s): Christopher Mitchell The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has just released a new case study on community broadband -- this one...
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Community Broadband Bits 16 - JD Lester and Larry Gates - Chanute, Kansas
Following the release of our case study on Chanute, Kansas, we have an interview with City Manager JD Lester and Director of Utilities Larry Gates for our 16th podcast -- Community Broadband Bits.JD...
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