The latest example of a public private broadband partnership comes from rural Vermont, where Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom is planning a network with communications union district (CUD) Maple Broadband. As a press release explains, CUDs are non-profit municipal entities…
Plainfield, CT – June 3, 2021 – In late May, expert construction crews from Sertex Broadband Solutions began installing fiber optic cabling on utility poles throughout the small town of Plainville, Connecticut — the first step in building a municipal…
Consolidated Communications said will be building fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks capable of supporting gigabit speeds in Greenfield, Jaffrey, Marlow, Roxbury and Peterborough, New Hampshire, as residents of those communities recently approved the construction. Public/private partnerships typically arise in communities where broadband…
MetroNet and the City of Hickory, North Carolina are partnering to bring MetroNet’s fiber optic internet, TV and phone service to businesses and residents. The press release seems to imply that the MetroNet deal with the city of Hickory is…
Trust between partners is critical to successful public/private broadband partnerships, said James Baller, a partner with Keller & Heckman, a law firm with a specialty in telecom. A good public/private partnership agreement addresses dozens of variables, Baller told attendees on…
Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced 28 bills that aim to boost public and private broadband investment. Collectively, the bills are to be known as the Boosting Broadband Connectivity Agenda. “The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges faced…
EPB of Chattanooga’s gigabit broadband infrastructure has generated $2.69 billion in economic benefits to the community during its first decade of operation, according to a gigabit economic benefits report from the Rollins College of Business at the University of Tennessee…
MCC Iowa LLC, a subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation, a long-time cable and broadband provider in the area, has sued the City of West Des Moines and the West Des Moines City Council, alleging that they are improperly using taxpayer-backed…
Just under 2,000 residents and business customers in Traverse City, MI can now receive gigabit fiber-based broadband service from the newly launched TCLPfiber from Traverse City Light & Power (TCL&P). The TCL&P Michigan gigabit service is available to many of…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a ReConnect CARES Act grant of $13.1 million to Easton Utilities Commission in Maryland for the deployment of an FTTP network. The grant was part of the second phase of the ReConnect Pilot…
Eight percent of U.S. markets that are “well served” with broadband are “municipally enabled,” according to a new municipal broadband report from non-profit broadband advocacy organization US Ignite and consulting firm Altman Solon. The other 92% of well served municipalities…
The current COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed the critical nature and essential need for broadband everywhere. There are now calls for universal broadband to ensure no child, frontline worker, small business, or community is ever left behind without broadband connectivity again….
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