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EC Fiber Pilot Project Exceeds Financing Goals
Update: We have covered the second round of financing from ECFiber here.The East Central Vermont Fiber Network, connecting some 23 rural towns, announced back in July that they would self finance a...
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Lake County, National Public Broadband, Go Separate Ways
For two years, National Public Broadband (led by Gary Fields and Tim Nulty) has worked with Lake County, Minnesota, to build a universal rural FTTH broadband network to everyone in the County and some...
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Vermont Town First to Get Universal Access to ECFiber Community Network
The East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network has announced it will connect an entire town as its second phase. Barnard, Vermont, will be the first town to have universal access to ECFiber's...
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Is Lafayettte Community Broadband Doing OK or Great?
Lafayette Doing OK, Doubles Capacity for PromotionJohn at Lafayette Pro Fiber recently updated us all on LUS Fiber's financials. According to John, LUS Fiber is doing OK, not great, in its FTTH...
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Provo to Write off Some Debt of Struggling iProvo Network
Provo built a city owned FTTH network after its public power utility started connecting its substations with fiber-optic cables in the early 2000's. iProvo ultimately developed along similar open...
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Chattanooga Network Hits Milestone, Projected to Pay Off Debt Early
Chattanooga's EPBFi community fiber network has been one of the most celebrated muni networks in the nation. They were the first to offer a gigabit to anyone in the city and have launched a bounty for...
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Television Ad Revenue for Small Networks
When communities are trying to figure out how to pay for networks, they sometimes fail to explore some logical places. A recent article on Telecompetitor gives us an estimate for revenues from...
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Lincoln, Illinois, Once Again Looking at Fiber
Lincoln, Illinois, has contemplated investing in a fiber-optic municipal network since 2009 and, while they have not taken steps to deploy yet, the community appears to be ready to dive in. The Lincoln...
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Reedsburg Utility Commission Receives State Grant for Expansion
In April 2015, Wisconsin's Brett Schuppner from the Reedsburg Utility Commission (RUC) had a conversation with Chris about the utility's plan to expand the municipal fiber network. Funding is one of...
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Economists: Munis Improve Access to Banking Services
A new study conducted by two economists from a major banking institution says that municipal broadband networks contribute significantly to helping low income households gain access to banking...
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Telecompetitor Talks Awful Municipal Broadband Report
Telecompetitor - May 25, 2017Municipal broadband networks do not have a strong financial track record, according to an analysis conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology,...
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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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Addressing UPenn Report: Dud Data, Unsuitable Approach
For the second week in row, our staff has felt compelled to address a misleading report about municipal networks. In order to correct the errors and incorrect assumptions in yet another anti-muni...
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Comcast Didn't Stop Fort Collins Fiber; Community Moving Forward Step By Step
When Fort Collins voters chose to amend their charter last year, they were choosing a path to simplify their ability to improve local connectivity. When Comcast tried to derail the measure to protect...
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Twelve Years After Launch, Wilson, North Carolina’s Greenlight Network...
This week on the podcast Christopher welcomes back Will Aycock, General Manager of Wilson, North Carolina’s municipal network Greenlight, and Rebecca Agner, Communications and Marketing Director for...
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