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Jackson Energy Authority Adds Tantalus for Smart-Grid
Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee, long the largest community fiber network in the US, is investing in greater smart-grid capabilities. If you aren't already familiar with this network, an article...
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More Details Emerging about Fibrant in Salisbury
The nation's newest community fiber network (FTTH) is launching in Salisbury, North Carolina, in the next month. Fibrant, a $29 million project financing by general obligation bonds, is slightly behind...
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Wilson's Greenlight Ahead of Schedule, Deals with TWC Predatory Pricing
Wilson's Greenlight community fiber network is ahead of schedule. They continue to operate ahead of the business plan, despite a few difficulties that offer lessons to up and coming community networks....
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Associated Press Ignores Muni Broadband Successes
The AP says Burlington Telecom may be a cautionary tale for cities around the the country that contemplate building their own networks. It is fascinating that this article appears now, as we wait for...
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Did BT Subsidize Burlington with Cheap Internet Access?
There is so much to say about Burlington Telecom and its struggles that it cannot be covered in a single post. This is one of several posts that will discuss pieces of the situation. One of the...
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Chattanooga's Approach to Connecting Customers
Just how does the largest citywide community fiber network in the country deal with the thousands of people that want to subscribe? It is a daunting task, but the Times Free Press has an answer: a...
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Disappointment in North Carolina as Time Warner Cable Bill Moves Forward
After a few days of false hope, the Time Warner Cable Monopoly Protection Act, H129, passed the House Finance Committee after being stripped of the amendments that would have allowed communities...
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Positive Update from Wisconsin on WiscNet, Stimulus Awards
The word from Wisconsin is mostly good. A deal has been struck that will spare WiscNet, though it will be studied for two years and then could be killed. But a fair, open study will allow WiscNet to...
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Louisiana Leg uses Porn Excuse to Target LUS Community Network
We occasionally see big cable and phone companies getting creative in their efforts to shut down community networks. In socially conservative communities, restrictions on providing adult content is a...
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Learning from Burlington Telecom: Some Lessons for Community Networks
Publication Date: August 18, 2011 Author(s): Christopher Mitchell - Institute for Local Self-Reliance In little more than a year, Burlington Telecom went from being a hopeful star of the community...
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Citibank Finally Files Suit Against Burlington Telecom
After more than a year of expecting Citibank to file suit against Burlington, they finally did. Burlington Telecom, a muni FTTH network, now illustrates the worst case scenario for muni broadband....
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Chattanooga Creates Subscriber Testimonials for City Owned Broadband
Chattanooga, with the nation's fastest citywide broadband network, offers lessons to many other communities who have built or are building their own networks. Chattanooga is regarded as one of the most...
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Granbury, Texas, Deploys City Owned Wireless Network
In the place where “Texas history lives,” the City of Granbury followed a fellow Texas city in delivering a Tropos wifi system that covers all 10 square miles of the city. Less than a decade ago,...
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Lafayette Dealing with Expected Headaches
No matter how much community broadband advocates prepare the community and elected officials for the expected difficulty of building a successful local project, in the midst of the deployment, times...
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Fibrant Network Gains Subscribers Despite Technical Difficulties
As we emphasize time and time again, communities build their own networks because they have to, not because they want to. North Carolina's Fibrant network in Salisbury is no exception and a recent...
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Big City Community Networks: Lessons from Seattle and Gigabit Squared
A few weeks ago, a Geekwire interview with outgoing Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced that the Gigabit Squared project there was in jeopardy. Gigabit Squared has had difficulty raising all the...
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Seattle, Gigabit Squared, the Challenge of Private Sector Cable Competition
This the second in a series of posts exploring lessons learned from the Seattle Gigabit Squared project, which now appears unlikely to be built. The first post is available here and focuses on the...
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The Challenge of Open Access - Lessons Learned Part III
To finalize our series on reflections from Seattle and Gigabit Squared, I discuss open access networks and how the requirement that a network directly pay all its costs effectively dooms it in the U.S....
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Learning from Burlington Telecom: Some Lessons for Community Networks
Publication Date: August 18, 2011 Author(s): Christopher Mitchell - Institute for Local Self-Reliance In little more than a year, Burlington Telecom went from being a hopeful star of the community...
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Citibank Finally Files Suit Against Burlington Telecom
After more than a year of expecting Citibank to file suit against Burlington, they finally did. Burlington Telecom, a muni FTTH network, now illustrates the worst case scenario for muni broadband....
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