A Boon for Network Deployers: MDU Construction Reaches New Heights

Private construction of multiple-dwelling-unit apartments is hitting a new record this year, with about 424,000...

Lumos Finds Success in MDU Strategy Inside and Outside Its ILEC Footprint

Before building out new properties, the telco secures commitments from developers and homeowners associations...

Small North Carolina Community Launches Network on Its Own Terms

After considering several ISPs, Cullasaja found the right partner to deliver high-speed, reliable internet...

Greenlight Networks Meets Customer Demand With FTTH Internet-Only Broadband Approach

In the growing Rochester (New York) market, the service provider is effectively overcoming build challenges...

When Murphy’s Law Strikes A Broadband Project

Building flexibility into the budget, schedule and deployment plan can save the day when things...

With Children and Technology, Moderation Is Key

Questions about kids’ screen time and digital privacy are not going away, and parents, advocacy...

Facilities-Based IoT Could Reduce Maintenance Costs, Resident Frustrations

Facilities-based IoT can boost a multifamily building owner’s net operating income and give building management...

Another One for Your Personal Playlist

Multifamily broadband providers should consider offering music streaming services as a way to avoid the...

Bandwidth Hawk: Needed: Easier, Accurate Checks on Deployer Subsidies

At least 28 states now offer some form of subsidy for broadband deployers serving rural...

Editor’s Note: MDU Knowns and Unknowns

Residents’ need for speed, their demand for video service and their interest in other technology...

FTTH Is Central to a Smart, Responsive Planned Community: Pecan Square in Northlake, Texas

Pecan Square, a housing development in Northlake, Texas, is working with Frontier to provide 500...

Problems With FCC Broadband Funding Endure

The proposed rules favor grant bidders who least need the money and are unlikely to...

Losing a Community Networking Pioneer

Remembering Gene Crick, a visionary leader devoted to empowering people through broadband...

Small Steps, Big Rewards, Real-World Learning in Practical Network Automation

Service providers are finding value in applying network automation to their transport networks. These new...

When to Transition From Copper to Fiber

Weather, competition and operating costs are just a few reasons to switch – and the...

Consolidated, Chesterfield Bond Over FTTH Broadband

Chesterfield leveraged changes in New Hampshire state laws that let communities issue public bonds to...

Verizon Targets New York State’s Rural Communities with FTTH

Verizon is leveraging state and FCC funds to connect several rural New York state communities...

New Research on the Digital Divide and Broadband’s Economic Impact

A roundup of recent studies about the growing chasm between broadband haves and have-nots, how...

Taking the Economic Pulse of Community Broadband

Economic development professionals who completed the Revving the Community Broadband Economic Engine survey weighed in...

Crossing the Digital Divide

Internet adoption rates among low-income urban populations have climbed in recent years. Joining the online...