Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst

Date: 6 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 Policy Conference” for state lawmakers at the exclusive Inn by the Sea resort. As Maine state leaders contemplate how they can boost connectivity, the incumbents are … Read More

Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst

Date: 6 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 Policy Conference” for state lawmakers at the exclusive Inn by the Sea resort. As Maine state leaders contemplate how they can boost connectivity, the incumbents are … Read More

Voters Resoundingly Approve Broadband Measure in Estes Park, Colorado

Date: 5 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On February 3rd, voters in Estes Park voted 92 percent to reclaim local authority to establish a telecommunications utility. The result follows a greater trend in Colorado where eight communities made similar decisions last fall. Each of these elections has happened during Comcast’s merger review, which may have discouraged them from their usual tactics to oppose … Read More

Broward County Saves with Fiber Network in Florida

Date: 4 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 year with plenty of room to grow. With the transition to an IP-based telephony system, the County also saves and additional $28,000 per year. Pat … Read More

Supporters Rally Behind Wheeler, Chattanooga, and Wilson: “I Recommend Approval”

Date: 3 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a statement yesterday supporting the concept of local authority for community broadband infrastructure. Chattanooga and Wilson filed petitions to scale back state restrictions last summer. In his statement, Wheeler officially recommended the Commission approve the petitions. If approved, the petitions have the potential to liberate local communities from state restrictions.  Along with a … Read More

An Update on Utah’s UTOPIA Open Access Network

Date: 2 Feb 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For the facts on all things UTOPIA, we turn to Jesse Harris at FreeUTOPIA.org. In his latest post, he provides an excellent bullet list of the key factors in Macquarie’s Milestone 2 proposal. An excerpt From his post: The final cost per address is estimated at $22.60 per month. Macquarie estimates that re-working the deal to account … Read More

Local Authority Restrictions One of the “Worst Policy Ideas of 2014” According to Wonkblog

Date: 31 Jan 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We are well into the new year; a look back at 2014 can be instructive if we strive to learn from our mistakes. A December article from the Washington post Wonkblog listed “11 of the worst policy ideas of 2014” and, of course, state barriers restricting local telecommunications authority was on the list: Fed up with … Read More

Fourth Annual IAMU Broadband Conference: March 18th – 19th in Des Moines

Date: 30 Jan 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Spring is the time for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) Broadband Conference in Des Moines. This year is it scheduled for March 18th and 19th at the Ramada Tropics and Resort Center downtown. Don’t forget your swimsuit! Chris will be presenting again this year. He has been there 2 out of the last 3 … Read More

Seattle Grassroots Muni Initiative Kicks Off With Campaign Survey

Date: 29 Jan 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 start, the founding group has launched a survey to choose a name. Seattle has significant fiber resources in place, an electric utility, … Read More

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