[Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/14

Christopher Mitchell christopher at ilsr.org
Tue Feb 14 10:01:43 PST 2017


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A lot of activity on state bills restricting and enabling municipal broadband this week. Plus, businesses and residents in West Plains, Missouri (https://muninetworks.org/content/businesses-can-get-gig-west-plains-mo?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) & Fairlawn, Ohio (https://muninetworks.org/content/fairlawn-folks-get-ftth-residents-now-connected?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) are getting connected to high speed Internet!

Plus, I wrote a story on Virginia's awful anti-municipal broadband bill that was published in local blog, Bacon's Rebellion (https://muninetworks.org/content/bacons-rebellion-questions-about-va-connectivity-and-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) .
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Businesses Can Get A Gig in West Plains, MO (https://muninetworks.org/content/businesses-can-get-gig-west-plains-mo?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

The city of West Plains, Missouri, is now offering high-quality fiber connectivity up to 1 Gigabit (1,000 Megabits) per second to local businesses. The community is also exploring the possibility of a pilot project to a limited area of households as the city considers whether or not to also offer Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH).
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/businesses-can-get-gig-west-plains-mo?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/bacons-rebellion-questions-about-va-connectivity-and-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Bacon's Rebellion: Questions About VA Connectivity And HB 2108 (https://muninetworks.org/content/bacons-rebellion-questions-about-va-connectivity-and-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

Virginia publication, Bacon’s Rebellion, recently published an opinion piece written by Christopher on HB 2108, a bill introduced by Del. Kathy Byron. If passed, the bill will make it even more difficult for local communities to take control of their own connectivity. We’ve reproduced the op-ed here:

Virginia Is for Lovers, Not Lobbyists
Pop quiz: Should the state create or remove barriers to broadband investment in rural Virginia? Trick question. The answer depends very much on who you are – an incumbent telephone company or someone living every day with poor connectivity.
..Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/bacons-rebellion-questions-about-va-connectivity-and-hb-2108?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/fairlawn-folks-get-ftth-residents-now-connected?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Fairlawn Folks Get FTTH; Residents Now Connected (https://muninetworks.org/content/fairlawn-folks-get-ftth-residents-now-connected?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

Not long ago, FairlawnGig in Ohio began serving businesses with symmetrical connectivity, offering speeds up to 1 Gigabit (1,000 Megabits) per second. The incremental build is progressing and now the city is offering Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity to residents in Fairlawn.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/fairlawn-folks-get-ftth-residents-now-connected?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-bill-reclaim-local-authority-stalls-committee-audio?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Colorado Bill To Reclaim Local Authority Stalls In Committee: Audio (https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-bill-reclaim-local-authority-stalls-committee-audio?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

On Monday the Colorado Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee heard SB 42, a bill to repeal the state’s requirement for referendum to reclaim local telecommunications authority. The committee of seven Senators voted 4 - 3 to postpone the bill indefinitely, leaving it in legislative purgatory. We've provided the audio above, but we missed the first minute or so of the recording.

Ample Support
A number of testifiers came to Denver to support the bill and also testified remotely from several locations around the state. Several testified that local investment in Internet infrastructure is the only hope they have for necessary high-quality connectivity.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-bill-reclaim-local-authority-stalls-committee-audio?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/missouris-sb-186-committee-feb-14th?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Missouri's SB 186 In Committee Feb. 14th (https://muninetworks.org/content/missouris-sb-186-committee-feb-14th?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

In Missouri, the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee has quietly held on to Sen. Ed Emery’s SB 186. The legislation is another bill handed off from big corporate providers and designed to squash municipal networks. If it looks familiar, it should - it’s identical to last year’s HB 2078, that made a dramatic run through the legislature only to be withdrawn at the last moment. SB 186 will have its first hearing on Tuesday, February 14th, at 10:00 a.m.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/missouris-sb-186-committee-feb-14th?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/municipal-networks-local-action-cambridge-you?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Municipal Networks As Local Action From Cambridge To You (https://muninetworks.org/content/municipal-networks-local-action-cambridge-you?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

Depending on where you live, there may be more opportunities these days to participate in marches, demonstrations, or community political meetings. Regardless of whether your beliefs lean red or blue, you may be like many other Americans and wonder what the future holds for federal telecommunications policy. Saul Tannenbaum from Cambridge recently wrote a piece that stressed the importance of local decision making authority and how municipal networks can rise above reversals anticipated by the new administration’s FCC.
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/municipal-networks-local-action-cambridge-you?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/pole-attachment-resource-next-century-cities?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Pole Attachment Resource From Next Century Cities (https://muninetworks.org/content/pole-attachment-resource-next-century-cities?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

Rights-of-Way rules vary from state to state and local policies can also influence how the publicly owned spaces are managed. Throw utility poles into the mix and the situation is even more complex. In order to help local communities get started on investigating pole attachment requirements in their states, Next Century Cities has published a Guide to Pole Attachments.
...See the guide... (https://muninetworks.org/content/pole-attachment-resource-next-century-cities?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-13?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625

Community Broadband Media Roundup - February 13 (https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-13?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

California
Call Kurtis: Why your Internet provider choice is limited (http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/02/03/call-kurtis-why-your-internet-provider-choice-is-limited/?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) by Kurtis Ming, CBS Sacramento

Florida
City must play catch-up with Internet service (http://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20170203/ron-cunningham-city-must-play-catch-up-with-internet-service?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) by Ron Cunningham, Gainesville Sun

Massachusetts
Eagle Eye Team Report: Broadband expansion languished in Berkshires (http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/broadband-expansion-languishes-in-the-berkshires,497332?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625) by Larry Parnass & Patricia LeBoeuf, Berkshire Eagle
...Read the article... (https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-february-13?utm_source=Community+Broadband+Networks+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=18ad0f6d68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171bbbcade-18ad0f6d68-82753625)

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