Articles tagged with Municipal Broadband on BroadbandBreakfast.com

May 20, 2015 Universal Service

Drew Clark Quoted in Communications Daily on Municipal Broadband and Wired West

In a story from Communications Daily about the progress of WiredWest, the Massachusetts-based municipal broadband effort, reporter Samantha Madison quotes me as follows. Drew Clark, of counsel to Kirton McConkie, said this is an exciting time because it’s a great implementation of the next phase of what the broadband stimulus efforts were about. States are making… Keep Reading

August 11, 2010 States

Opelika Votes to Create Municipal Network

WASHINGTON August 11, 2010- The Alabama town of Opelika has decided to set up its own cable television and internet network. Keep Reading

June 4, 2010 Fiber/Smart Grid/States

Chattanooga to Get 150 Mbps Fiber Network

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – Chattanooga, Tennessee will now have the fastest home broadband speeds in the nation through a municipal fiber optic network. The network is maintained through a subsidiary, EPB Fiber Optics, of the city’s municipal electric provider EPB. The network boasts speeds of up to 150Mbps symmetrical, in comparison the fastest Verizon Fios is offering is 50Mbp down and 20Mbps up. This new high speed access is quite expensive for users, the 100Mbps plan is $349; pricing for the new 150 plan not announced yet. Keep Reading

March 30, 2009 Universal Service

Municipal Networks Offer Reachable Challenge of Serving the Unserved

SILVER SPRING, Md., March 30, 2009 – The morning session of the Freedom to Connect conference here probed the status and conditions of broadband quality and access in municipal America. Keep Reading