PHOENIX, AZ – Wyyerd Fiber, a fiber-to-the-premise Internet Service Provider (ISP), has completed agreements to expand its 100% fiber network to serve residents and businesses across more than 15 municipalities in the greater Phoenix area. Engineering and construction is underway….
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program has $42.5 billion available to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to unserved and underserved rural areas. States will administer the program but must first have a plan approved by…
Consolidated Communications is partnering with the Southern Vermont communications union district (CUD) to provide symmetrical gigabit speed broadband services to almost 12,000 Bennington County, Vermont homes by the end of the summer. A CUD is a non-profit municipal entity that…
A new association to be known as the American Association of Public Broadband (AAPB) was announced this week. The association aims to advocate for municipal networks and is open to government agencies that are planning to build or that currently…
The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) Fiber has entered into a partnership with Golden State Connect Authority (GCSA) to develop and operate an open access network in rural California. Open access networks use a wholesale approach that allows other…
Ting Internet will be the initial anchor tenant on Colorado Springs Utilities’ not-for-profit city-wide fiber network. Construction of the network will begin by the third quarter. The network is expected eventually to pass more than 200,000 addresses. During the early…
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…
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