Gig City Sandy: Home of the $60 Gig

Date: 8 Jul 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

    Located at the foot of Mount Hood in Oregon, Sandy’s municipally-owned full fiber network offers gigabit Internet service for under $60 to every resident in the city. Sandy is one of the few municipal FTTH networks that has been built without having a municipal electric department. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance released this short … Read More

City Net Brings 100 Gbps to Santa Monica, California

Date: 29 Sep 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For one of the fastest municipal networks in the U.S., travel to Santa Monica and sample City Net. The City just announced network capacity and speed upgrades to 100 Gbps. City Net is available to many local businesses and connects key community anchor institutions. The entertainment, tech, and healthcare industries have a strong presence in Santa … Read More

First Muni Fiber Net in Maine – Community Broadband Bits Episode 115

Date: 9 Sep 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

By building a fiber line to allow some local businesses to get next-generation Internet access, Rockport became the first municipal fiber network in the state of Maine. Town Manager Richard Bates joins us for episode 115 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. We discuss the financing behind the network and their partnership with local Internet Service … Read More

Story Behind Westminster’s Pending Open Access Fiber Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 100

Date: 27 May 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For our 100th episode, we are excited to share a conversation with Dr. Robert Wack, city council member and driving force behind a planned open access fiber network in Westminster, Maryland. Westminster has just decided that instead of a fiber pilot project, they are going to move ahead with the first phase of a larger deployment. … Read More

“We Should Build A Muni In Vallejo”

Date: 27 May 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Times Herald in Vallejo posted a letter to the editor in early May from Chris Platzer; we want to share it with our readers. There are approximately 115,000 people in Vallejo and people like Platzer are looking for ways to better connectivity options. In the article, Platzer suggests his community take advantage of several well-considered … Read More

Rural Colorado’s Cortez Fiber Network Serves Region – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode #98

Date: 13 May 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Located in rural southwest Colorado, Cortez is just 20 miles from the famous four corners of the US southwest. When incumbents were either unwilling or unable to provide modern services in the region, Cortez stepped up with a plan. This week, Cortez General Services Director Rick Smith joins us to share how they incrementally built an … Read More

Connecting Arlington, From Anchors to Businesses – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #97

Date: 6 May 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Located just outside Washington DC, Arlington is the dense, high tech county that houses the Pentagon. This week’s Community Broadband Bits podcast features Arlington County CIO Jack Belcher. Having already built a top-notch fiber network to connect community anchor institutions, the County is now preparing to improve connectivity for local businesses. We discuss a range of … Read More

Crain’s New York Business: New York City Conduit Jam Packed

Date: 15 Apr 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Crain’s New York Business recently published an article on the crowded conduit under New York City. The article complements the April 7 edition of This Week in Crain’s New York podcast, hosted by Don Mathisen. Empire City Subway (ECS), the crumbling subterranean network of conduit for telephone wires constructed in 1888, is so crowded underground construction … Read More

GovTech Covers Famous Free Wi-Fi in Oklahoma

Date: 3 Apr 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Ponca City’s free Wi-Fi has attracted attention over the years. A recent article in Government Technology focuses on the free Wi-Fi service and reveals the secret behind Ponca City’s jewel – their municipal fiber network.  From the article: So what makes Ponca City’s wireless network a long-term success, and what suggestions do city officials have for … Read More

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