An overwhelming 70% of Americans believe local governments should be allowed to build out their own high-speed municipal networks if existing internet service providers are “too expensive or not good enough.”
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Municipal wi-fi news: Buffalo building free public wifi network for its downtown corridor
Buffalo, New York state’s second largest city and America’s 69th largest, is joining the parade of progress by building a public wi-fi network that will be available free to residents and visitors to its downtown corridor.
Read the full article →Add another name to the list of cities with municipal broadband networks: Sandy, Oregon
The SandyNet, FTTH gigabit network is up and running in the suburb of Sandy, OR, and is already looking toward future expansion. Officials say they have plans to expand the network until it reaches every home in the city (a total of more than 4,000 homes).
Read the full article →Huge news from Washington, DC: FCC strikes down state laws against municipal broadband networks
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it had done as many (including those of us at CheapInternet.com) wanted, and struck down an array of state and local laws that inhibit or prohibit municipal broadband networks.
Read the full article →Obama throws support behind municipal high-speed broadband networks. And that’s great news for you.
We applaud the White House’s decision to promote gigabit municipal networks. Other potential solutions to eliminating the Digital Divide between high-speed internet adoption rates of America’s rich and its poor seem to be slow in coming.
Read the full article →If the FCC wants faster broadband speeds, it should end state bans on municipal broadband networks
The FCC can decrease the Digital Divide and promote faster internet service across the country by overturning state bans on municipal broadband networks.
Read the full article →House of Representatives votes to ban municipal internet services
The House of Representatives voted last week to keep the Obama Administration from overturning bans on municipally-owned internet service.
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