A Technicianless Service Call
Some aspects of customer service just can’t be automated...
Partnership for Rural Broadband
Together, electric co-ops and small rural telcos have what it takes to bring advanced broadband...
Marketing to Millenials
The “me” generation isn’t anything like earlier generations – and why don’t millennials watch sports...
LS Networks Launches Connected Communities Project
A middle-mile network provider in Oregon has a new mission: creating 25 rural gigabit communities...
New Year, More Fiber
Exciting new technologies are coming your way, and they all require lots more fiber...
Financial Modeling For Big Fiber Builds
Broadband Communities’ latest modeling tool enables easy calculation of costs and benefits for network builds...
Cost Reduction Financing For FTTH Networks
Communities can finance fiber-to-the-home networks by applying the cost reductions that the networks make possible.
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Building Support For Community Broadband
Following are highlights from the 2016 Broadband Communities conference on broadband and economic development, held...
Broadband Forecasts for 2017
What’s ahead for the broadband industry in 2017? Growth – and preparation for more growth.
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Bandwidth Hawk: Driving The Digital Highway
The United States needs two regulatory roads – one for urban areas and one for...
Editor’s Note: Looking Forward
Whatever else happens this year, count on progress toward all-fiber networks...
CRTC Establishes Fund to Attain New High-speed Internet Targets
OTTAWA-GATINEAU — The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) declared that broadband access Internet...
NRN and ICMA Release Broadband Resource Guide for Local Governments
WASHINGTON — The National Resource Network (NRN) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) released...
Midwest Telephone Consortium MetaLink Adopts VETRO FiberMap
PORTLAND, ME — MetaLINK Technologies, an ISP with a growing fiber network in Ohio, Indiana...
Proximus Launches “Fiber for Belgium” with $3.12 Billion Investment
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — Proximus announced that it will accelerate the roll-out of fiber on its...
Comcast Completes Network Expansion Investment in Hartford, Conn.
HARTFORD, CT – Comcast announced that it has completed a $6 million network expansion project...
Over 80 Percent of U.S. Households Get an Internet Service at Home
DURHAM, NH — Eighty-three percent of US households get an Internet service at home, compared...
Games and Education Top VR App Categories
BOSTON, MA — Games is the top app category across all stores, according to Strategy...
Five Ohio Communities to Receive Broadband Plan Assessment
COLUMBUS, OH – Connect Ohio has selected five Ohio communities to participate in the Connected...
Glympse Provides Service ETA Solution to Rogers Communications
SEATTLE — Glympse, a provider of location technology services, is now working with Rogers Communications...
Global Average Connection Speed Increases 21 Percent Year Over Year
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Global average connection speed increased 2.3 percent to 6.3 Mbps in the...
