<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:13px"><i>Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom.  Send feedback.  Forward Widely.</i></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Sent from the Ramsey County Courthouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I'm on<b> jury duty</b> this week - they allowed me to move it from the middle of February when I was originally scheduled. This is my first time and has been an altogether enjoyable experience. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/our-totally-not-ironic-letter-support-comcasttwc-merger" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Our Totally Not Ironic Letter of Support for the Comcast/TWC Merger</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, April 15, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/our-totally-not-ironic-letter-support-comcasttwc-merger" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-comcast.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="46" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>Last week, the New York Times reported that the “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/business/media/comcast-recruits-its-beneficiaries-to-lobby-for-time-warner-deal.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">outpouring of thoughtful and positive comments</a>” Comcast has received for their Time Warner Cable proposed merger is much more than it’s cracked up to be. We are shocked, shocked, to learn that organizations receiving a lot of Comcast charity are endorsing its merger plans.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>After a hasty staff meeting, we decided that for a mere $250,000 we too, could see the benefits of this monopolistic mega-merger. We know they <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/26/7878239/comcast-twc-fcc-merger-letters-politicians-ghostwritten" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">ghostwrite many of their most favorable letters</a>, but we want to save them the trouble, by providing our own glowing endorsement. </em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Dear Chairman Wheeler,</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">After careful consideration,  we wish to share our strong support for the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger. Firstly, we want to make absolutely clear that our endorsement of this union has absolutely nothing to do with $250,000 generously donated to our organization, no strings attached, by Comcast. After years critiquing  their <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/seths-tale-comcast-woe-perfectly-illustrates-many-internet-policy-problems" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">slack customer service</a>, their <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2015-01-01/news/57561592_1_price-increases-subscribers-new-york-company" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">perennially rising prices</a>, and their <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/cable-industry-dumps-dark-money-dc" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lobbying to prevent real competition</a>, we now think a merger between the two most hated companies in America is a way awesome idea!</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/our-totally-not-ironic-letter-support-comcasttwc-merger">... Read the Rest Here ... At Least a Few People have Greatly Enjoyed It ...</a></p></div></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/muni-networks-digital-liberty-and-surveillance-community-broadband-bits-episode-145" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Muni Networks, Digital Liberty, and Surveillance - Community Broadband Bits Episode 145</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, April 07, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/christopher" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">christopher</a></span></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/muni-networks-digital-liberty-and-surveillance-community-broadband-bits-episode-145" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-community-bb-bits_0.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">As more communities become service providers in order to provide a needed service to local businesses and residents, they are taking on an important responsibility to safeguard the data and privacy of subscribers. Unlike big providers like AT&T or big cable companies, municipal providers tend not to engage in data mining or violating their users' expectation of privacy.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">But given that issues of privacy and surveillance are becoming so important, we wanted to talk with <a href="https://www.eff.org/about/staff/corynne-mcsherry" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Corynne McSherry, Legal Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, an organization that champions liberty on the Internet.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">In our conversation, we discuss what motivates EFF, why they support municipal networks, and what advice they have for local governments that have become ISPs. Perhaps most important, Corynne repeatedly advises local governments to be transparent with subscribers regarding their policies and encourages municipal ISPs to call EFF if they have questions about their responsibilities under the law to protect subscriber data.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/muni-networks-digital-liberty-and-surveillance-community-broadband-bits-episode-145">Listen to the Show Here</a> ... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-145" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Read the transcript from our discussion here</a> ...<br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/improving-mid-atlantic-internet-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast-146" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Improving Mid-Atlantic Internet Access - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 146</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, April 14, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/christopher" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">christopher</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/improving-mid-atlantic-internet-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast-146" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-community-bb-bits_0.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">When we last wrote about the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative, it was a coop focused on <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term625" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="An arrangement in which the network is open to independent service providers to offer services.  In many cases, the network owner only sells wholesale access to the service providers who offer all retail services (ie: triple play of internet, phone, tv).  Open access provides much more competition from which potential subscribers can choose.">open access</cite></a> <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term456" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="Middle mile is a term most often referring to the network connection between the last mile and greater Internet.  For instance, in a rural area, the middle mile would likely connect the town's network to a larger metropolitan area where it interconnects with major carriers.">middle mile</cite></a> connections. Now it has become the <a href="http://www.mbc-va.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation</a> and is starting to work on some plans to expand open access <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term17" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="Describes the final leg of a connection between a service provider and the customer. In DSL and cable systems, this is the most frequent bottleneck and the most expensive to resolve.  The service provider may run a faster fiber-optic network into the neighborhood but deliver the last mile (which could be considerably less than a mile -">last mile</cite></a> access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">This week, we speak with MBC President and CEO Tad Deriso to learn more about their history and current approach. We discuss how they got started financially and lessons for other middle mile open access efforts.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We also discuss their plan to expand the model to last mile businesses and homes in Martinsville in southern Virginia. And along the way, we learn how incumbent providers react differently to open access in the middle mile than in the last mile.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/improving-mid-atlantic-internet-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast-146">... Listen to the Show Here ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gigabit-cities-live-atlanta-may-13th-and-14th" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Gigabit Cities Live in Atlanta on May 13th and 14th</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, April 14, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gigabit-cities-live-atlanta-may-13th-and-14th" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-gigabit-cities-live-2015.png" alt="" title="" width="123" height="94" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">On May 13th and 14th get y'allselves to Altanta to attend <a href="http://www.gigabitcitieslive.com/events/gigabit-cities-live-2015/event-summary-6f90ed9d349047b88e9bc43b99fbf4dc.aspx" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Gigabit Cities Live 2015</a>. The event will bring together members from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to explore how gigabit networks are changing local communities. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">From the event summary:</p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p style="margin:1em 0px">Gigabit Cities Live 2015 will deliver a highly ‘immersive’ experience for attendees, exploring everything from the infrastructure required to deploy ultra-high-speed networks to the applications these networks are enabling to how gigabit networks will transform communities.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p style="margin:1em 0px">... Meet decision-makers from all aspects of the Gigabit Cities ecosystem – from service providers to urban leaders to technology vendors to applications developers and more – to learn about different approaches and business models for gigabit network success.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Hear thought leaders, see new products and services and learn from peers and solutions providers, all under one roof.</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px">Chris will participate in a panel discussion, <strong><em>Open Access</em></strong> <strong><em>and the Future</em></strong>,<strong> </strong>on the morning of Thursday the 14th, time to be determined.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gigabit-cities-live-atlanta-may-13th-and-14th">... More Details Here - and a Complimentary Code for City Officials, Activists, etc ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/what-does-it-mean-be-gigabit-city-sharing-positive-outcomes-together-spot" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">What Does It Mean to Be A Gigabit City? Sharing Positive Outcomes Together (SPOT)</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, April 13, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/staff" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Staff</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/what-does-it-mean-be-gigabit-city-sharing-positive-outcomes-together-spot" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/SPOT-wilson-nc.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="89" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">In North Carolina, <a href="http://www.greenlightnc.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Wilson’s Greenlight gigabit fiber network</a> is doing everything it can to ensure everyone benefits from this important municipal investment. The city-owned network is a key partner in a digital inclusion program, Sharing Positive Outcomes Together (SPOT), which focuses on the children least likely to have high quality Internet access in their homes.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Though the digital divide remains a serious policy challenge, Wilson Greenlight and SPOT demonstrate s that solutions can be inspiring and fun. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Training With a 4-Dimensional Approach</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">SPOT is an after-hours educational program focused on children ages 5 to 18 and attracts youth from all backgrounds, including those who are homeless or fostered to those with professional parents burdened by demanding work schedules. Among other components, its mission is to promote an atmosphere of accountability, confidence, and self-esteem. SPOT invites its children to dream, be “ambitious, inspired, high school graduates,” while “addressing and closing society's darker cracks that way too many young lives fall into.” “Leave it at the door and come grow” is part of its motto.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/what-does-it-mean-be-gigabit-city-sharing-positive-outcomes-together-spot">... Learn More About Wilson's Approach Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/leverett-starts-light-massachusetts" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Leverett Starts to Light Up in Massachusetts</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, April 16, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/leverett-starts-light-massachusetts" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/leverett-ma.PNG" alt="" title="" width="125" height="78" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The celebrated municipal network in Leverett, Massachusetts, is starting to serve select areas of the community. Customers' properties on the north side of town are now receiving 1 gigabit Internet service from the town's partner Crocker Communications. These early subscribers are considered "beta sites." Telephone service will become available when the network has been fully tested.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to <a href="http://leverett.ma.us/content/broadband-committee" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">the press release</a>:</p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p style="margin:1em 0px">The Town's initial plan was to turn on all subscriber locations at the same time; but interest from pre-subscribers was so strong that the Town's Broadband Committee arranged to offer sequential connections as individual homes are spliced into the network distribution cable. </p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/leverett-starts-light-massachusetts">... Read More on Leverett Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mesh-networks-they-are-out-there" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Mesh Networks: They Are Out There</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Fri, April 17, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mesh-networks-they-are-out-there" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/wireless-icon.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">There are probably more mesh <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term29" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><cite title="This is a suite of protocols that allow wireless devices to exchange information using unlicensed frequencies.  Equipment carrying the Wi-Fi brand is interoperable.  Recently, a number of cities and some private companies attempted to blanket their cities with Wi-Fi but the technology is not well suited to such large scale efforts.  Wi-Fi has proved tremendously successful in homes and businesses on small cities.">Wi-Fi</cite></a> networks operating in the U.S. than most of us realize. They require only one hard-wired connection to the Internet and there are many industrious, tech minded people out there who have the skills to set up this self-healing technology, though they are still working out the kinks.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">A mesh network allows devices to engage each other without going through a central point. If I want to use my cell phone to call the cell phone of someone standing 10 feet away from me, the signal may travel thousands of times farther than it would have to because a cell phone company wants to track minutes, collect data, and more. In a mesh network, the two devices would just talk to each other without intermediation. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">A <a href="http://technical.ly/2015/04/06/12-communities-experimenting-mesh-networks/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">recent Technical.ly article</a>, explores a dozen communities that are using the technology to serve local residents.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mesh-networks-they-are-out-there">... More on Mesh Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-17" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - April 17</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Sat, April 18, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/rebecca" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">rebecca</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-17" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/media-roundup-community-bb.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">This week, Christopher traveled to Austin, Texas for the <a href="http://bbcmag.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Broadband Communities Conference</a>. It was great to connect with so many people doing great work and build on the energy we are seeing across the country. Onward!</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://broadbandbreakfast.com/2015/04/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-pokes-finger-in-eye-of-telecom-incumbents-at-broadband-communities-in-austin/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Pokes Finger in Eye of Telecom Incumbents at Broadband Communities in Austin</a> by Drew Clark, BroadbandBreakfast.com</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.multichannel.com/news/broadband/wheeler-talks-preemption/389766#sthash.vRZnIId9.dpuf" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Wheeler Talks Up Pre-emption Says There Are Serious Questions About ISP Competition </a>by John Eggerton, MultiChannel</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Just to reiterate: </p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p style="margin:1em 0px">"The Commission respects the important role of state governments in our federal system," he said, "and we do not take the matter of preempting state laws lightly. But it is a well-established principle that state laws that inhibit the exercise of federal policy may be subject to preemption in appropriate circumstances. My position on this matter was shaped by a few irrefutable broadband truths:</p><ul style="margin:1em 0px;padding-left:2em"><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc"><strong>You can't say you're for broadband - but endorse limits on who can offer it,</strong></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc"><strong>You can't follow Congress' explicit instruction to 'remove barriers' to infrastructure investment - but endorse barriers to infrastructure investment,</strong></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc"><strong>And you can't say you're for competition - but deny local elected officials the right to offer competitive choices.</strong>"</li></ul></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-17">... Last Week's Roundup Here ...</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-12" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - April 12</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:14px;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18.003999710083px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, April 14, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/rebecca" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">rebecca</a></span></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.003999710083px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-12" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/media-roundup-community-bb.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong><em>Community Broadband News Around the Nation:</em></strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Colorado</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/The-Grand-Junction-community-and-candidates-react-to-municipal-election-results-299002071.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Community and candidates react to Grand Junction election results</a> by Lindsey Pallares, KJCT-TV</p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p style="margin:1em 0px">“It’s an indication that people really want to see us have better fiber in this city so we'll step back as a city council and see what are next steps to go forward,” says Mayor Phyllis Norris.</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Connecticut</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Connectict is taking steps to become the nation's first gigabit state. You can also check out our<a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/connecticut-communities-want-better-internet-access-community-broadband-bits-episode-118" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Bits episode 118</a> for more on how they're doing it.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-april-12">... The Roundup from Two Weeks Ago Here ...</a></p></div></div><div><br></div></div>

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