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...
View ArticleKnoxville Utilities Board Marches Toward FTTH Network
Author(s): Sean GonsalvesWith 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...
View ArticleClarksville, 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...
View ArticleShrewsbury, 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...
View ArticleHouston, 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...
View ArticleRedding, 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.Tags: redding capublic...
View ArticlePreston 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...
View ArticleInnovating for Community Benefits in Clarksville, Tennessee - Community...
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View ArticleClarksville, Arkansas, Building Millennial Mecca with Fiber - Community...
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View ArticleFiber 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...
View ArticleTennessee 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleBroadband 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...
View ArticleTri-County Rural Electric is Going Big as First Electric Cooperative To Do...
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...
View ArticleTri-County Rural Electric Delivering Connectivity, Expanding Partnerships, in...
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View ArticleFirefly Fiber All the Buzz in Central Virginia - Community Broadband Bits...
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View ArticleTranscript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 279
This is episode 279 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Russ Brethrower, a project specialist at Grant County Public Utility District, discusses how Grant County, Washington, pioneered open access...
View ArticleLessons From the Nation's Oldest Open Access Fiber Network - Community...
Grant County's Public Utility District was, along with some nearby PUDs, among the very first deployers of Fiber-to-the-Home networks shortly after the turn of the millennium. And per Washington's law,...
View ArticleTranscript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 277
This is the transcript for Episode 277 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Luis Reyes from Kit Carson Electric Cooperative joins the show to explain how electric cooperatives are solving the...
View ArticleCommunity Network Inspires More Jobs In Clarksville, Arkansas
Earlier this year, we shared the story of Clarksville, Arkansas, and described how they used supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) to make efficiencies in their municipal electric utility....
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