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FCC Prioritizes Incumbent Protection in Data Collection Order
Patrick Lucey of the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation, posted this excellent story around the time we published our rant about the FCC's cave-in to industry pressure for no good...
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Broward County Saves with Fiber Network in Florida
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...
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FCC Prioritizes Incumbent Protection in Data Collection Order
Patrick Lucey of the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation, posted this excellent story around the time we published our rant about the FCC's cave-in to industry pressure for no good...
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Broward County Saves with Fiber Network in Florida
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...
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Chatham County, NC: Share Your Connectivity Perspective In This Survey
With the release of our North Carolina report, it is important to remember that reports and maps are only as good as the underlying data. Although federal and state governments have collected...
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 224
This is episode 224 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. ILSR research associate and MuniNetworks.org writer, H.R. Trostle, joins the show to discuss the recent report on North Carolina's...
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 224
This is episode 224 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. ILSR research associate and MuniNetworks.org writer, H.R. Trostle, joins the show to discuss the recent report on North Carolina's...
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Key Vote On Privacy Rules: Your Call Needed
Our friends at Fight for the Future let us know that an important vote on privacy rules is happening today. We want to pass on the information so you know who to call to express your concern about who...
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Bill On Data Collection Up For House Vote Today: Time To Call
Last week we shared an alert from Fight for the Future (FFTF) regarding the Senate vote on data protection. You’ve probably heard by now that the vote passed, which means the measure moved to the...
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Minnesota Lawmakers Introduce Internet Privacy Protections
After elected officials in Washington, D.C., voted to allow ISPs to invade their customers’ privacy online, leaders in Minnesota took steps to protect constituents. A recent amendment in St. Paul may...
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U.S. Businesses Want Fiber More Than Ever
In 2004, about 90 percent of multi-tenant company-owned buildings were not connected to fiber for connectivity. In April, Vertical Systems Group revealed that in 2016 that number had dropped to 50.4...
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Data Collection: New Local Rule Helps Protect Seattle Citizens
Seattle is the latest local government taking steps to protect citizens’ data. As of May 24th, companies with franchise agreements allowing them to operate in the city must obtain customer permission...
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S&P Global Discusses Discredited Municipal Broadband Report
S&P Global Market Intelligence - May 26, 2017Hard Data on Municipal Broadband NetworksWritten by Sarah Barry JamesThere is a dearth of good data around municipal broadband networks, and the data...
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Live In North Carolina? Describe Your Internet Access And Help Build Better...
North Carolinians, do you feel like your state is 90 - 93 percent covered with Internet access that provides 25 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 3 Mbps upload speeds? If you live in one of the...
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Verizon Will Cut Off Rural Subscribers In Thirteen States
A recent proposal being considered by the FCC that has raised the loudest outcry has been the status of mobile broadband in rural areas. Now that Verizon is discontinuing rural subscriber accounts, the...
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Discussing the Digital Divides On Road to Digital Equity - Community...
If everyone subscribed to Internet access, the business models for supplying it would be much easier. But there are strong reasons for why many are locked out of Internet access today, a subject we...
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Net Neutrality Repeal Threatens Some States More Than Others
On December 14th, FCC Chair Ajit Pai and the Republican Commissioners voted to present a huge holiday gift to big ISPs by dismantling network neutrality, despite outcries from the American people. When...
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Pricing Report From Berkman Klein Center: Muni Subscribers Get Better Rates
The FCC collects data from Internet Service Providers that reflects census blocks where they offer service to at least one premise. Currently, the Commission does not collect information about rates...
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Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
Publication Date: January 1, 2018Author(s): David TalbotKira HesselkielDanielle KehlThe FCC collects data from Internet Service Providers that reflects census blocks where they offer service to at...
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Federal Grants Available for Rural Broadband Projects
Federal broadband grant programs start accepting applications in the spring. 2018 is an especially exciting year because the Connect America Fund (CAF) II Auction is finally open. This program has been...
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