[Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/7

Tue Feb 7 10:17:09 PST 2017

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This week, we had a number of stories of successful communities that have invested in their own municipal networks. We also released a "Why Local Solutions (https://muninetworks.org/content/why-local-solutions-fact-sheet?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) " fact sheet that is ammunition in the fight against telecom monopolies.

BREAKING: Virginia's House of Delegates voted 74-24 to pass the anti-municipal broadband HB 2108, follow our coverage of next steps (https://muninetworks.org/tags/va-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) .
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"Why Local Solutions?" Fact Sheet (https://muninetworks.org/content/why-local-solutions-fact-sheet?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

The next time you’re attending a city council meeting, a local broadband initiative committee meeting, or just chatting with neighbors about better local connectivity, take a few copies of our Why Local Solutions? (https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2017-01-why-local-solutions1.pdf?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  fact sheet.

Our new one-pager addresses three main reasons why local telecommunications authority is so important:
* State and federal government won’t solve the problem - local residents, businesses, and elected officials know what they need, right?
* Large telecom companies refuse to invest in rural areas - we've seen over and over how their promises to improve Internet access go unfulfilled.
* Local leaders can best resolve local issues - they are accountable to the people they see every day and they experience the same reality.

...Read the fact sheet... (https://muninetworks.org/content/why-local-solutions-fact-sheet?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/small-cells-yield-big-results-lincoln-community-broadband-bits-podcast-238?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Small Cells Yield Big Results In Lincoln - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 238 (https://muninetworks.org/content/small-cells-yield-big-results-lincoln-community-broadband-bits-podcast-238?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

We’ve been covering happenings in Lincoln, Nebraska for several years now. The city’s Right of Way Manager David Young joins us for episode 238 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. David is a returning guest; this week, he’s here to talk about Lincoln’s new venture into small cell technology.

The state imposes restrictions on municipalities in Nebraska. Nevertheless, Lincoln has found a way to make a smart investment in conduit and public fiber to create a welcoming environment for providers.
..Listen to the podcast... (https://muninetworks.org/content/small-cells-yield-big-results-lincoln-community-broadband-bits-podcast-238?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-ma-makes-next-move-design-construction?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Mount Washington, MA, Makes The Next Move: Design, Construction (https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-ma-makes-next-move-design-construction?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

This past summer, the community received word (http://broadband.masstech.org/press-releases/mbi-announces-grant-support-construction-mount-washington%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98last-mile%E2%80%99-broadband?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  that it would receive a $230,000 grant from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI), the state agency set up to administer federal and state funds for broadband network deployment. Mount Washington had already obtained special permission (https://muninetworks.org/content/Permission%20to%20Move%20Ahead%20Granted?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  from the state legislature to proceed with a network sans a Municipal Light Plant (MLP). In Massachusetts, municipalities are required to establish MLPs to operate and manage any publicly owned Internet network. Because Mount Washington is so small, however, they felt creating another administrative entity would be an undue burden; state legislators agreed and created an exception for them in statute.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-ma-makes-next-move-design-construction?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/hb-2108-revised-passes-through-committee-vote-house-today?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

HB 2108 Revised Passes Through Committee, Up For Vote In House Today (https://muninetworks.org/content/hb-2108-revised-passes-through-committee-vote-house-today?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

UPDATE, HB 2108 PASSED 74-24 ON 2/7/2017

Republican Delegates in the Virginia House Labor and Commerce Committee advanced HB 2108 yesterday (http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/revised-broadband-bill-passes-committee-heads-to-full-house/article_a5e6af5e-2047-56ab-83e1-eae08fc940fa.html?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) , despite opposition from constituents, local leaders (https://muninetworks.org/content/more-virginia-communities-oppose-byrons-bad-broadband-bill?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) , and members of the telecommunications industry (https://muninetworks.org/content/local-officials-speak-out-against-hb-2108-state-cap?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) . A revised version of Byron’s Bad Broadband Bill now heads to the House Floor today for a vote from the entire body.

A bill titled the “Virginia Broadband Deployment Act” by its sponsor now contains nothing about “deployment” but retains provisions forcing publicly owned networks to reveal proprietary information that limit competition.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/hb-2108-revised-passes-through-committee-vote-house-today?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-launches-its-ftth-bye-bye-broken-market?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Ammon Launches Its FTTH; Bye-Bye Broken Market (https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-launches-its-ftth-bye-bye-broken-market?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

Folks in Ammon, Idaho, are now getting choice, speed, and affordability from their new municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network. Home owners are making the switch and waving "bye-bye" to the burdens of a broken market for the benefits of publicly owned infrastructure.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-launches-its-ftth-bye-bye-broken-market?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/cdbg-aids-connectivity-nelson-county-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Community Development Block Grants Aids Connectivity In Nelson County, VA (https://muninetworks.org/content/cdbg-aids-connectivity-nelson-county-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

Publicly owned Internet infrastructure is typically funded with (https://www.ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/financing-munis-fact-sheet.pdf?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  revenue grants, interdepartmental loans, or through avoided costs at the local level. Part of the planning and infrastructure costs, however, can sometimes be covered by state and federal grants known as Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). Nelson County, Virginia (http://www.nelsoncounty-va.gov/government/broadband-authority/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625) , leveraged CDBG to expand their fiber network and maximize benefits to the community.

CDBG funds, are distributed to 1,200 units of state and local government by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and can go toward a variety of infrastructure and development purposes. When communities consider ways to use CDBG funding, they can get long-term valuable benefits by directing those funds toward Internet infrastructure.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/cdbg-aids-connectivity-nelson-county-va?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/muscatine-upgrade-ready-begin?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Muscatine Upgrade Ready To Begin (https://muninetworks.org/content/muscatine-upgrade-ready-begin?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

Muscatine, Iowa, is ready to begin its upgrade, bringing municipal cable network customers up to Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology. Last week, the Board of Water, Electric & Communications Trustees from Muscatine Power & Water (MP&W) awarded the contract (http://muscatinejournal.com/news/local/muscatine/fiber-project-ready-to-begin-mp-w-customers-may-soon/article_93026870-03b9-56b6-91af-66c29475de94.html?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  to a firm that will transform the network and bring speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second (1,000 Megabits per second) download tier. No word yet on upload speeds.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/muscatine-upgrade-ready-begin?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-6?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625

Community Broadband Media Roundup - February 6 (https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-6?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

Idaho
First Ammon fiber district goes live (http://www.postregister.com/articles/featured-news-daily-email-west/2017/01/31/first-ammon-fiber-district-goes-live?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  by Kevin Trevellyan, Idaho Falls Post Register

Michigan
Community partnership opens up broadband potential (http://www.petoskeynews.com/featured-pnr/community-partnership-opens-up-broadband-potential/article_1665a59d-1981-5584-bf6d-9fa6a5f27f63.html?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  by Jillian Fellows, Petoskey News-Review

Minnesota
Mapping out the future of broadband in Hibbing (http://www.hibbingmn.com/news/local/mapping-out-the-future-of-broadband-in-hibbing/article_9b19be58-e827-11e6-96c4-d7554e541907.html?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)  by Kelly Grinsteinner, Hibbing Daily Tribune
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-6?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=16bcda3800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-16bcda3800-82753625)

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