A small city in Kansas has a fiber network that currently serves local government and civic buildings. They also have a plan in mind to expand that network and offer inexpensive gigabit fiber connections to every resident and business. That’s great news for the locals, but not such great news for the incumbent ISP, AT&T, which has won the right to “intervene” in the process. [More]
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Two Big Reasons CNN Money Is Only Half Right About Gigabit Broadband Expansion
By 8.22.14
Broadband internet coverage in the United States is still pretty uneven. While some, mainly rural, communities are scrambling to connect to the 21st century using slow, old, and unreliable tech, some urban areas are dashing forward at over 1000 Mbps. The list of lucky cities with gigabit connections is growing, as CNN Money reports, but it’s not growing in the way that CNN indicates. [More]
Ambitious Dutch Company Proposes $70 Billion Broadband Network For Los Angeles, Whole Country
By 7.22.14
The city of Los Angeles last year started taking proposals for a plan to build out a gigabit fiber broadband network for every business and residence in the city. Only one company publicly shared their full proposal publicly, and it doesn’t exactly make the future of L.A. fiber look bright. [More]
Utah Lawmaker Apparently Tired Of Residents Having Fast, Competitive Internet Access, Proposes Law To Stop Expansion
By 2.6.14
Municipal fiber networks might just be the wave of the future when it comes to speedy internet access. The cable companies already providing internet access, though, aren’t always so keen on the competition–and those companies have deep pockets and access to lawmakers’ ears. And so now Utah becomes the latest state to try legislative measures to bar its cities, towns, and counties from diving into the ISP market. [More]
Seattle’s Plans For Fast Fiber Internet Are On Pause (Or Buffering… Buffering… Buffering…)
By 1.8.14
Los Angeles might be planning to build a city-wide fiber network, but elsewhere on the West coast it looks like fiber plans are fizzling. A planned municipal fiber-optic network in Seattle is on pause after a deal with provider Gigabit Squared has died. [More]
