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Wilson's Greenlight Leads North Carolina in Fast Internet
Publication Date: December 5, 2012 Author(s): Todd O'Boyle, Common Cause Author(s): Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Following the collapse of key industries, a town of 50,000...
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Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Building Fiber Network to Connect Public...
Fiber optic connectivity is coming soon for public facilities in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The city has its own electric, natural gas, and water utilities and is home to a little over 10,000...
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In Georgia, Monroe Muni Network Created Jobs, Lowered Bills
As we monitored Georgia's HB 282, a bill to limit the capacity of local governments to invest in Internet networks that spur economic development, we learned of many existing networks that have helped...
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Open Access Network in Mount Vernon, Washington Created More Jobs and...
Mount Vernon, Washington, started building their own fiber optic network in 1995 and over the past 18 years have continued to add incrementally. While the network started as a way to connect a few...
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Moultrie City Manager Discusses Origins of CNS Network in Georgia for...
Mike Scott, City Manager of Moultrie in Georgia, joins us for Episode #39 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast to share the origins of the Community Network Services (CNS) network that joins four...
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Medina County Offices Will Connect With Community Network
The newly completed Medina County Fiber Network (MCFN) in Ohio will soon add Medina County government as the next customer.The Medina-Gazette reports the County Commission recently voted unanimously to...
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UC2B Saves Public Money With Better Broadband in Illinois
The City of Champaign is now celebrating the transition to the UC2B fiber network. With underground fiber lines, the City will no longer be plagued by weather related interruptions. Champaign is also...
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Dark Fiber Paying Off in Florida's Lakeland
Near the center of Florida sits Lakeland, the largest city between Orlando and Tampa with 98,000 residents. The area boasts 38 lakes, citrus crops, and a growing healthcare industry. Lakeland also owns...
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Lakeland Dark Fiber In Depth - Community Broadband Bits Podcast #58
In Florida, Lakeland is one of several communities that has built a dark fiber network in a low-risk bid to expand connectivity for anchor institutions and to spur economic development. City of...
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Jacksonville Discovers Savings and Faster Connectivity
It is no secret to our readers that communities throughout the country have transitioned from leasing services from big corporations to building their own fiber networks to save public dollars. Some...
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Palm Coast's FiberNET Produces Dramatic Savings Locally
We last took a look at Palm Coast’s FiberNET over two years ago when Broadband Communities featured the open access fiber network along Florida’s upper east coast. Due to its initial focus on community...
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Monticello Public Partners Light Up Fiber in Illinois
Kids in the Monticello Community Unified School District #25 (CUSD #25) are now enjoying a new publicly owned fiber optic network. The School District is one of four public partners that collaborated...
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Conduit Policy the Foundation for Affordable Gig Service in the Bay Area
Smart conduit policy, implemented in 1999, is now paying off in Brentwood. The Bay Area community of 52,000 recently reached an agreement with Sonic.net to bring fiber to the community via city-owned...
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Harford County Network Goes Live in Maryland
Harford County, a mixed suburban and rural area in northeast Maryland, flipped the switch in late May on its Harford Metro Area Network (HMAN). The network includes 160 miles of fiber bringing high...
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Holly Springs Finds Savings with Muni Fiber - Community Broadband Bits...
Holly Springs, a town of about 25,000 in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has built its own network to connect community anchor institutions and has an interest in using it to spur economic...
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Hamilton, Ohio Connects Local Schools with City Fiber
Just over a year ago, we wrote about Hamilton’s plans to expand their extensive fiber optic infrastructure to offer services to schools and businesses in the area. Last month, the first example of such...
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City Net Brings 100 Gbps to Santa Monica, California
For one of the fastest municipal networks in the U.S., travel to Santa Monica and sample City Net. The City just announced network capacity and speed upgrades to 100 Gbps. City Net is available to many...
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Longmont Schools Save, Increase Bandwidth With Help from LPC
Schools in Longmont recently began working with Longmont Power and Communications (LPC) to increase bandwidth, save money, and begin implementing a new technology plan. As part of the plan, every...
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EPB Working with Department of Energy to Improve Smart Grid
EPB estimates local businesses have saved approximately $50 million by reducing lost productivity due to power outages by 60 percent over the past two years. Those figures are impressive but Oak Ridge...
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Local Entities Coordinate to Deploy Fiber in Illinois
Several entities in northeast Illinois are hoping to improve connectivity, reduce costs, and spur economic development with a publicly owned $2.11 million fiber optic investment. McHenry County, the...
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