Next Century Cities last week announced Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards to six city government initiatives aimed breaking down barriers to Internet adoption. Next Century Cities, launched in 2014, aims to further the deployment of high-speed broadband networks through city-led initiatives. This was…
The Next Century Cities (NCC) next-generation broadband coalition on July 8 published a policy agenda that charts a course for its city, town and community members to develop fast, reliable and affordable broadband Internet connections and services. Established in October…
The addition of Boise, Idaho brings the Next Century Cities’ coalition roster to 100. Launched in October 2014, Next Century Cities’ members share and exchange information and other resources aimed at assuring access to affordable, reliable gigabit Internet connections and…
The Next Century Cities initiative launched yesterday aims to further the availability of high-speed broadband nationwide by collaborating and sharing best practices. Among the initiative’s 32 “inaugural partners” were several communities that already have scored major high-speed wins, some of…
More than a dozen smaller, more rural broadband providers received endorsements of sorts this week from PC Magazine, which created a list of the 50 best U.S. work-from-home cities for 2021. Among the providers were decades-old companies that started out…
A CenturyLink fiber expansion plan will see the carrier add 4.7 million miles of fiber across the U.S. and Europe, creating what the company calls the “largest ultra-low-loss fiber network in North America.” CenturyLink reports the first phase of this…
The FCC will vote later this month on new small cell rules aimed at hastening deployment of small cell wireless network infrastructure. Among other things, the FCC small cell rules would limit what municipalities can charge for reviewing small cell…
Blair Levin had harsh words for the FCC and Congress yesterday in an address about the role of cities in broadband deployment in an address about “The Secret to Smart Policies About Smart Cities” at a Next Century Cities broadband…
Google Fiber may be expanding – again. Google has asked the cities of Irvine, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Diego, California to work with them to roll out Google Fiber networks, according to a September 10 Google Fiber blog post….
Google announced Salt Lake City as their latest Google Fiber city today. Salt Lake City joins Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh as Google Fiber expansion cities. Google Fiber is already up and running in Austin, Kansas City, and Provo, Utah….
MONROE, La. and PARIS, Oct. 29, 2014 — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that CenturyLink, the third largest telecommunications company in the U.S., has deployed the 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS) to meet the growing…
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