Tri-County Rural Electric Delivering Connectivity, Expanding Partnerships, in Appalachians - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 383
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Tri-County Rural Electric is Going Big as First Electric Cooperative To Do Fiber in Pennsylvania
When Craig Eccher, CEO Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, joined Christopher on the podcast last fall, he had an exciting project to talk about: the electric cooperative, after strong calls from its membership asking their utility to deliver broadband, stepped up and committed to an $80 million, 3,250-mile fiber build across the rugged terrain of rural Pennsylvania, the first leg propelled by $52.6 million in federal and state grants.
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Broadband Comes Ashore on Block Island
Block Island, a popular summer tourist destination nine miles off the coast of Rhode Island, is on the verge of building a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network. As it goes live, the network will bring gig-speed Internet connectivity to the more than 1,000 residents who call the community home.
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In Our View: Grid Disaster in Texas Leads to Open Access Soul Searching
The disaster in Texas resulting from an electric grid that was deliberately left exposed and likely to fail in rare cold weather events has received a lot of dramatic coverage, as well it should given the loss of life and damage to so many homes and businesses. It also raised some questions in my mind regarding competition and markets that have consequences for designing and regulating broadband networks that we should all consider moving forward.
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Tennessee Cooperative Connects Thousands of Residents Outside of Chattanooga
Since the passing of the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act (TBAA) in 2017, the state has poured more than $100 million into connecting its most rural communities, and more than 20 electric cooperatives throughout the state have spent the last four years making their way into the broadband business.
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Fiber Pilot Project Work Commences in Chicopee, Massachusetts
Chicopee has not only reached their crossroad, they’re building it. After debating the pros and cons, the city of around 60,000 people in western Massachusetts recently began to develop their Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) residential pilot project. The service, Crossroads Fiber powered by Chicopee Electric Light, will begin with four fiberhoods in Ward 1.
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Clarksville, Arkansas, Building Millennial Mecca with Fiber - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 367
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Innovating for Community Benefits in Clarksville, Tennessee - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 373
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Preston Rhea of MonkeyBrains: PG&E Failure Can Be San Francisco's Future
In early September, officials in San Francisco made an offer to purchase assets belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). Preston Rhea, Director of Engineering, Policy Program at ISP MonkeyBrains believes that, while the purchase makes sense for electric ratepayers in the community, it could also herald a new age of connectivity for the citizens of San Francisco.
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Redding, California, Looks to Local Opinions About Publicly Owned Network
As Redding, California, aims to bring better connectivity to businesses and residents, they're looking to locals for advice on how to move forward.
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Houston, Missouri, Forging Ahead with Fiber
In the spring of 2019, Houston, Missouri, sent out a call to citizens to share their thoughts on whether or not they'd like to subscribe to Internet access from a municipal network. Less than a year later, the city of around 2,000 people has forged ahead and has hired an engineering firm to begin work on their multi-phase fiber optic project.
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Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Planning Fiber-to-the-Home Upgrade
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, provides traditional cable TV service, Internet access, and phone service to the community through its utility, Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations (SELCO). As the utilities board consults with their subscribers and looks forward, they've come to the conclusion that it's time to invest in fiber optic upgrades to improve operations and remain competitive..
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Clarksville, Ark., Digs Into Fiber Build, Plans First Home Connections
John Lester, General Manager of Clarksville Connected Utilities (CCU) in Clarksville, Arkansas, knows a thing or two about the value of a municipal broadband network.“ Just keeping the dollars in Clarksville is gonna have a big impact," he said when I called him earlier this month to learn more about the city’s planned foray into residential broadband services. Residential broadband is only the most recent evolution for Clarksville’s municipal fiber network, which already connects utility infrastructure as well as area businesses and community anchor institutions in the city. Home installations are due to start soon.
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Knoxville Utilities Board Marches Toward FTTH Network
With the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the state’s Comptroller’s office recent approval of the Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) business plan, the city-owned utility proposal to build a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network in the Volunteer State’s third-largest city is set to take the next step.
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Let's Talk Fiber - Episode 478 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, host Christopher Mitchell talks fiber with Gary Bolton, CEO and President of the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) at the Broadband Communities Summit in Houston, TX.
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