Network operator A2D has entered into a public-private partnership with Fort Mac LRA to build an open access fiber-to-the-premises network on the site that formerly housed Atlanta’s Fort MacPherson. The network, to be known as eCommunity Fort Mac, will be…
Like other open access networks, the Downeast Broadband Utility open access fiber network aims to minimize the investment required for service providers to offer fiber-to-the-premises services by building a portion of the end-to-end network to act as a platform that…
FairlawnGig — a municipal broadband network offering gigabit speeds in Fairlawn, Ohio – is expanding service to include communities within the greater Akron area. It’s an interesting development for the municipal broadband sector at a time when some municipal networks…
Open access operator A2D has begun work on a broadband middle-mile and fiber-to-the-premises network in Warner Robins, Georgia through a public/ private partnership with the city. A2D will design the network, oversee construction and manage and maintain it but will…
Roanoke, Va. (April 5, 2016) – The Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority (RVBA) is pleased to announce that forty-seven-miles of new, high quality, fiber-optic broadband cable is now buried beneath the cities of Roanoke and Salem, VA. RVBA vendor partners Thompson…
Three Connecticut cities are acting together to seek a gigabit network. The goal is to make connectivity available on a wholesale open access basis that would enable multiple service providers to compete for end user business. The three cities are…
As many as six communities could get gigabit networks as the result of a partnership announced today between the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, also known as Gig.U, and Gigabit Squared, a little known company that refers to itself…
WiredWest, a group formed by several municipalities in western Massachusetts, has applied for a state grant to help finance the connection of an open access fiber-to-the-home network to another statewide middle-mile open access network that is already under construction, reports…
Middle mile open access fiber networks are springing up all over. And although these networks share one key common principle—open access for other network operators—each implementation seems to have its own unique funding and operational model. One of the more…
Google isn’t the only technology vendor deploying broadband in its own backyard. Fiber manufacturer Corning is also getting into the act. They plan to foot the majority of the deployment cost for a 235-mile fiber optic ring in western New…
Public-benefit corporation and network operator Axcess Ontario uses the term “fiber ring” to describe the 200-mile communications network it just completed building in Ontario County, N.Y. According to an announcement that the organization issued today, the new network–which was constructed…
Google has petitioned the FCC regarding Verizon’s win of the 700 Mhz C block spectrum. Google pushed hard for, and won, an “open” mandate for the winner of the 700 Mhz C block. The mandate basically says that the winner…
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