Hard and Soft Returns on Investment
Is subscription sales the only way our municipality is going to see a return on our $500,000 [city-owned wireless network]? Not really. We see other benefits. Police on the street longer because they...
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Granbury, Texas, Deploys City Owned Wireless Network
In the place where “Texas history lives,” the City of Granbury followed a fellow Texas city in delivering a Tropos wifi system that covers all 10 square miles of the city. Less than a decade ago,...
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Kutztown Encourages Citizens to Keep Money in Community
When I visited Hometown Utilicom in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, I snapped this photo of a sign they have posted in their office to remind people how supporting the local network helps the local economy....
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Chattanooga Fiber Network Reduces Cost of Electricity to All Customers
The Chattanooga Gig continues to benefit the community. We have covered some of the jobs that it has created, how it has lowered City expenditures and improved street lighting, and the recently...
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Wilson's Greenlight Leads North Carolina in Fast Internet
Publication Date: December 5, 2012 Author(s): Todd O'Boyle, Common Cause Author(s): Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Following the collapse of key industries, a town of 50,000...
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Christopher Mitchell on Gigabit Nation Today
I am going to be on Gigabit Nation today with Craig Settles, a live call-in show, from 2-3 Eastern time. You can listen online here both during the show and after, when the recording will be made...
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Morristown Explains Why it Built a Fiber Network for Itself - Community...
Morristown, Tennessee, is one of very few communities where anyone in town can immediately get a gigabit delivered to their home and business. General Manager and CEO Jody Wigington of the municipal...
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In Georgia, Monroe Muni Network Created Jobs, Lowered Bills
As we monitored Georgia's HB 282, a bill to limit the capacity of local governments to invest in Internet networks that spur economic development, we learned of many existing networks that have helped...
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Tennessee Town Tullahoma Tells us Why They Built a Network - Community...
For our 54th episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we are back in Tennessee to interview Brian Skelton, General Manager of the Tullahoma Utilities Board. They built the network in 2008 and...
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In California, Tough Economic Times Led Shafter To Adjust Network Plan
In the 1990s, the community of Shafter, California, began developing its strategic plan; the move would eventually lead them to build a municipal broadband network. The town of 17,000 still depended...
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Spanish Fork Discusses Stunning Success - Community Broadband Bits Podcast #60
The Spanish Fork Community Fiber Network (SFCN) is an incredibly successful HFC cable network in Utah. It delivers television, telephone, and Internet access at incredibly low rates to most of the...
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Morristown Network Creates Cost Savings and Spurs Job Growth
Located in the northeast corner of Tennessee, Morristown Utility Systems (MUS) offers gigabit broadband throughout a region that covers 30,000 residents and businesses. I recently spoke with MUS...
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Oklahoma Free Wi-fi: Can Muskogee Follow Ponca City's Lead?
Muskogee, located in east central Oklahoma, is considering free Wi-Fi across the community to boost economic development. As a model, community leaders are looking at Ponca City. A recent Muskogee...
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Justifying a Network with Indirect Cost Savings - Community Broadband Bits...
Today, Lisa and I are joined by Eric Lampland for a discussion of how a community could justify building a community owned network from the indirect benefits that it would create, including the savings...
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New Report Details Local Government Efforts to Improve Minnesota Connectivity
In our latest report, All Hands On Deck: Minnesota Local Government Models for Expanding Fiber Internet Access, we analyze how local governments in 12 Minnesota communities are expanding 21st century...
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Granbury, Texas, Deploys City Owned Wireless Network
In the place where “Texas history lives,” the City of Granbury followed a fellow Texas city in delivering a Tropos wifi system that covers all 10 square miles of the city. Less than a decade ago,...
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Kutztown Encourages Citizens to Keep Money in Community
When I visited Hometown Utilicom in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, I snapped this photo of a sign they have posted in their office to remind people how supporting the local network helps the local economy....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chattanooga Fiber Network Reduces Cost of Electricity to All Customers
The Chattanooga Gig continues to benefit the community. We have covered some of the jobs that it has created, how it has lowered City expenditures and improved street lighting, and the recently...
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Wilson's Greenlight Leads North Carolina in Fast Internet
Publication Date: December 5, 2012 Author(s): Todd O'Boyle, Common Cause Author(s): Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Following the collapse of key industries, a town of 50,000...
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Christopher Mitchell on Gigabit Nation Today
I am going to be on Gigabit Nation today with Craig Settles, a live call-in show, from 2-3 Eastern time. You can listen online here both during the show and after, when the recording will be made...
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