Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Roaring ’20s
Broadband Communities authors look forward to the fiber future.
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Tag: Community Broadband
Editor’s Note: The US Needs A Community Broadband Policy
Every community shouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel.
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When Murphy’s Law Strikes A Broadband Project
Building flexibility into the budget, schedule and deployment plan can save the day when things go wrong.
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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.
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Q&A With Mike Coco, Choice Property Resources: Providing the Whole Broadband Experience
Even in a gigabit world, it takes more than great internet speed to keep MDU residents happy.
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Seattle Launches B4B-Build for Broadband MDU Initiative
Among other goals, the city’s new initiative aims to promote creating capacity for competitive service options and provide trusted resources for local MDU owners, developers and managers.
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Not Another Vanilla Triple Play Plan: Century Village, West Palm Beach, Florida
Century Village, a 55-plus condominium community in West Palm Beach, Florida, has employed Atlantic Broadband as its primary provider of voice, video and data services. Our thanks to Regan Anderson, vice president of select communities for Atlantic Broadband, and David Israel, president of the United Civic Organization, Century Village’s governing board, for helping gather information for this profile.
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Six Ways Communities Can Help Providers Build Networks
Service providers and communities should look for common ground with public infrastructure and investments to spur rural broadband buildouts.
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FairlawnGig Fiber Boosts Regional Economy
The municipal fiber network in Fairlawn, Ohio, is strengthening the city’s economic position. Now Fairlawn is using fiber to lift the rest of the area as well.
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Taking the Economic Pulse of Community Broadband
Economic development professionals who completed the Revving the Community Broadband Economic Engine survey weighed in on the current availability, affordability and speed of broadband – and how communities are working to increase all three.
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Consolidated, Chesterfield Bond Over FTTH Broadband
Chesterfield leveraged changes in New Hampshire state laws that let communities issue public bonds to fund broadband networks. The town’s partnership with Consolidated Communications to build a townwide FTTH network could serve as a model for other communities.
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Losing a Community Networking Pioneer
Remembering Gene Crick, a visionary leader devoted to empowering people through broadband
Read MoreOne Size Does Not Fit All
Three approaches to community broadband networks
Read MoreFinding Middle-Mile Connections
The biggest challenge municipal networks face may be connecting to the public internet. Here’s a guide to overcoming that challenge.
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Buy Local (Including Broadband)
Providing broadband locally – with help from electric utilities – can be a good way to anchor rural economies.
Read MoreBuilding a Community Vision
The technology challenge for a rural community is closing the gap between the digital infrastructure that is profitable for commercial providers but serves only part of the community and the infrastructure necessary to serve all community members. Local leaders, driven by a clear, aspirational vision of their community’s future, can proactively address this gap.
Read MoreBroadband Strategy and Doughnuts
When you can’t fund a communitywide network, your best strategy may be funding today’s best-served areas.
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Mapping as a Strategic Tool
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative used VETRO FiberMap to reduce troubleshooting time and meet demand for new fiber broadband service.
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Q&A With Jeremiah Sloan, Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation: Arkansas Co-op Builds Fiber Fast
Using a digital network construction solution helped CECC deploy a fiber network 55 percent faster than expected and 12 percent under budget.
Read MoreValue Engineering Adds Efficiencies For Huntsville Utilities
As electric utilities consider fiber network plays, well-thought-out designs will be key to their success. Here’s how Huntsville Utilities used value engineering to control fiber network construction costs and hone its plan.
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