Broadband First Responders: Libraries, Schools, and ISPs Open Wi-Fi Hotspots to Connect Students for Remote Learning

Date: 26 Mar 2020 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Visitors to libraries across the country are being greeted with signs declaring, “Library Closed,” in an attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. But increasingly, those words are followed by the ones seen outside Schlow Centre Region Library in State College, Pennsylvania: “Park for Free Wi-Fi.”… Read More

Twin Cities’ Local Internet Service Provider Experiences Greater Demand During National Crisis

Date: 24 Mar 2020 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Not even a pandemic can stop this week’s guest, US Internet CEO Travis Carter, from finding ways to bring better connectivity to his company’s subscribers and the community. For the 400th episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, Christopher interviewed Travis (from six feet away) at the US Internet office outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.… Read More

Looking For Resources On Wireless? Look No Further

Date: 26 Feb 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

If you’re looking for a resource that focuses on wireless connectivity, check out the MuniNetworks.org Wireless Page. Rather than an exhaustive list of every municipal wireless (muni-wireless) project, we’ve created an introduction to the potential of wireless technologies. Explore commonly held misconceptions about wireless, gain a better understanding of spectrum, and learn how cities have built wireless projects.… Read More

Carl Junction Partnering for Wi-Fi in Missouri

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

Carl Junction has been looking for a way to improve connectivity in its southwest corner of the state for several years. Plans for a fiber network did not come to pass, but the community has found a private partner to bring ubiquitous high-speed Wi-Fi to town. The City Council voted unanimously to approve a deal with … Read More

Amherst, Massachusetts Exploring Fiber for Economic Development Downtown

Date: 27 Mar 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Amherst Business Improvement District (BID) recently hired a firm to prepare an engineering study aimed at bringing fiber connectivity to its downtown reports MassLive.  In 2007, the community began offering free Wi-Fi downtown after receiving a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a wireless … Read More

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