Burlington Telecom Fact Sheet

Date: 7 Jul 2008 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 5 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This Fact sheet was originally published in 2008 but was updated in April 2010.

BT is a city department of Burlington, Vermont, which owns a fiber-to-the-home network and offers triple play services(phone, cable, internet).  BT’s services have produced millions in savings for the city and the community at large.

ILSR issued a report in 2011 that updates this fact sheet: Learning from Burlington Telecom: Some Lessons for Community Networks 

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Christopher Mitchell is the Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with ILSR. He is a leading national expert on community networks, Internet access, and local broadband policies. Christopher built MuniNetworks.org, the comprehensive online clearinghouse of information about local government policies to improve Internet access. Its interactive community broadband network map tracks more than 600 such networks. He also hosts audio and video shows online, including Community Broadband Bits and Connect This!