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<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/salisbury-fibrant-launches-10-gbps-citywide-community-broadband-bits-podcast-168" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Salisbury Fibrant Launches 10 Gbps Citywide - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 168</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:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, September 15, 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/salisbury-fibrant-launches-10-gbps-citywide-community-broadband-bits-podcast-168" 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-networks.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Salisbury's <a href="http://fibrant.info/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">municipal FTTH network, Fibrant</a> is the first citywide 10 <cite title="Gigabits per second - or one billion bits per second.  8 Gbps means that 8 billion bits are transferred each second.  Using an 8 Gbps connection, it would take 1 second to transfer a 1 GB (Gigabyte) file - a compressed 90 min movie, for instance.  1 Kbps (Kilobits)<1 Mbps (Megabits)<1 Gbps" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)"><a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term14" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)">Gbps</a> </cite>network in the nation. Located in North Carolina, Salisbury is also one of very few municipal citywide fiber networks that was built by a city without a municipal electric plant. This week, Salisbury Director of Broadband and Infrastructure, Kent Winrich, joins us for Episode 168 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We talk about why Salisbury opted to build its own fiber network and then supercharge it with enough upgrades to be able to offer 10 Gbps capacity throughout the community. We discuss economic development opportunities and how those outside of Salisbury would like to see it expand.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/salisbury-fibrant-launches-10-gbps-citywide-community-broadband-bits-podcast-168">... Listen to the Show 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/newark-delaware-considers-municipal-fiber-feasibility-study" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Newark, Delaware Considers Municipal Fiber Feasibility Study</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, September 15, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/phineas" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">phineas</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/newark-delaware-considers-municipal-fiber-feasibility-study" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-newark-de.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The City of Newark, population 30,000 and home to the University of Delaware, is considering commissioning a feasibility study but first will host a workshop to discuss the potential of a municipal network. City leaders want to bring together members of the community, broadband providers, experts, and municipal employees before it commits to the $10,000 study. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Residents spoke at a recent city council meeting, demanding that the City inquire into the potential for a municipal broadband network, <a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/08/05/newark-exploring-city-sponsored-internet/31178311/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">reported Delaware’s News Journal</a>. Community interest led City Information Technology manager Josh Brechbuehl to research the City’s pre-existing Internet infrastructure, as well as speak with a wide array of broadband experts. Brechbuehl delivered a presentation to the city council on July 27 (<a href="http://www.cityofnewarkde.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4137" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">transcript of the council meeting minutes here</a>), during which he laid out his vision for bringing high-speed Internet to Newark:</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/newark-delaware-considers-municipal-fiber-feasibility-study">... Read His Vision and More Details 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/estes-park-moves-next-phase-considering-muni-fiber-network" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Estes Park Moves to the Next Phase; Considering Muni Fiber Network</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, September 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/estes-park-moves-next-phase-considering-muni-fiber-network" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-estes-park-co.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="46" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Back in February, voters in <a href="https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/townofestespark" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Estes Park, Colorado</a>, enthusiastically <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/voters-resoundingly-approve-broadband-measure-estes-park-colorado" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">reclaimed authority </a>to decide locally on a community fiber network. Now the community is moving ahead by taking a detailed look at deploying a municipal gigabit network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://bizwest.com/estes-park-studying-municipal-broadband-options/?refresh=1" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">BizWest reports</a> that a consultant hired to study connectivity in the town of 5,800 recently recommended five possible solutions to the community's poor connectivity problem. The Town Board of Trustees considered a municipal telecommunications utility to be the most promising and passed the issue to city staff for further research.</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">“Now it’s up to us to thoroughly research the feasibility of the town establishing a broadband service utility, considering our financial and operational abilities and the best interests of the community’s future,” said Mayor Bill Pinkham in a media release.</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/estes-park-moves-next-phase-considering-muni-fiber-network">... Get the Rest of the Story 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/chattanooga-best-place-startups-and-outdoor-play" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Chattanooga Best Place For Startups and Outdoor Play</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, September 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/chattanooga-best-place-startups-and-outdoor-play" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-chattanooga-tn.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Chattanooga was hot in August - and we don't mean just weather-wise. EPB Fiber Optics achieved a major milestone, <a href="https://epbfi.com/75k/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">raising subscribership to over 75,000</a>. The Gig City also outpaced the rest of the state in new startup activity and received recognition from <em>Outside Magazine</em> as the 2015 Best Place to Live in America.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/aug/26/chattanoogleads-state-business-startups/321704/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><em>Times Free Press</em> covered</a> the Chattanooga startup scene in a recent article, describing how the city is leading the state in economic investment for new business ideas. When compared to the same period in 2014, Hamilton County's initial business filings rose 12.6 percent in the April - June 2015 period. Statewide that figure for the same timeframe was 9.9 percent.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>The Times Free Press</em> article focused on Platt Boyd, an architect and entrepreneur who came to Chattanooga with his 3-D printing business. He moved his business there after competing in the 2014 <a href="http://www.thegigtank.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">GigTank</a>. His 3-D printer large enough to create walls may one day change the way buildings are constructed.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/chattanooga-best-place-startups-and-outdoor-play">... Well Done Chattanooga - More on the Outside Designation 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/fiber-sailing-port-lewiston-idaho" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Fiber Sailing into the Port of Lewiston, Idaho</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Fri, September 18, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/hannah" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">hannah</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/fiber-sailing-port-lewiston-idaho" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-port-lewiston.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="39" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The Port of Lewiston, the most inland seaport of the West Coast, will soon be deploying a dark fiber network, according to <a href="http://portoflewiston.com/port-of-lewiston-is-getting-its-fiber/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">a July city media release</a>. The network will serve several of the community's largest businesses, the medical center, the state college, and the airport. Although the plan calls for <a href="http://portoflewiston.com/port-of-lewiston-moving-ahead-with-plans-for-fiber-optic-network-lewiston-tribune-may-7-2015/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">$950,000 to construct the network</a>, port officials intend to have it operational by year’s end.</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">“This is what ports do, we develop infrastructure to support, attract and grow businesses in order to build a stronger economy,” said Port Manager David Doeringsfeld. “In today’s world, businesses must have adequate <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term2" 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="The rate at which the network can transmit information across it.  Generally, higher bandwidth is desirable.  The amount of bandwidth available to you can determine whether you download a photo in 2 seconds or 2 minutes.">bandwidth</cite></a> and redundancy to remain competitive.”</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px">The project has been highly supported by the nearby Port of Whitman County which already has maintained their own <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> fiber network for over 10 years. Connecting a fiber line through the Port of Lewiston would create a loop, improving redundancy on the <a href="http://www.portwhitman.com/doingbusiness/telecommunications" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Port of Whitman County’s network</a>. Better redundancy could prevent outages and ensure the ongoing reliability of the network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/fiber-sailing-port-lewiston-idaho">... Yet Another Example of Muni Fiber and Economic Development ...</a><br><br></p></div></div></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/boise-collaborate-bsu-and-highway-district-downtown-fiber" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Boise to Collaborate With BSU and Highway District For Downtown Fiber</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, September 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/boise-collaborate-bsu-and-highway-district-downtown-fiber" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-boise-2015.jpg" alt="" title="" width="118" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Boise, the Ada County Highway District (ACHD), and Boise State University (BSU) have entered into an agreement to deploy fiber along a busy downtown Boise corridor. The high-speed lines will supply connectivity to a new building BSU intends to lease as a facility for Computer Science Department students. The fiber will also connect the BSU Bookstore.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The city will use the fiber to connect its City Hall and a Police Department substation located on the BSU campus while ACHD will add this fiber line to its current fiber network to control traffic throughout the city.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/26/3955306_boise-bsu-highway-district-team.html?rh=1" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">an Idaho Statesman article</a>, the city has been installing <a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term305" 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="A reinforced tube through which cabling runs. Conduit is useful both to protect fiber-optic cables in the ground and because one can place the conduit underground when convenient and later ">conduit</cite></a> on campus, connecting it to ACHD conduit situated in the downtown core during the past year. Conduit installation cost the city approximately $47,000; BSU will now install fiber in the conduit at a cost of approximately $75,000. ACHD will contribute a  section of its own conduit to complete the connection and will provide the permits to install the fiber.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/boise-collaborate-bsu-and-highway-district-downtown-fiber">... Get the Rest of the Story 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/mendocino-county-worried-about-their-copper-during-ip-transition" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Mendocino County Worried About Their Copper During IP Transition</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, September 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mendocino-county-worried-about-their-copper-during-ip-transition" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/smallmapmendocino.gif" alt="" title="" width="107" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">This is not our first look at problems with communications service <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mendocino-county-analyzes-losses-communications-outage" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">in rural Mendocino County, California</a>, but we continue to see concerning stories coming from it. The tenuous situation along the North Coast, where large private providers have refused to invest in redundant networks, is heightening concern among first responders, community leaders, and citizens.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The problem stems from the tendency of incumbents to neglect existing copper systems that need to be replaced with fiber based VoIP. Randy MacDonald, assistant fire chief of the Camptche Volunteer For Department of rural Mendocino County recently presented the department's concerns to congressional and regulatory staff in D.C. The Press Democrat quoted him in <a href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4357815-181/phone-service-in-rural-mendocino?page=0" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">a recent article </a>that examines the issue in their region:</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">“We’ve built a second-to-none 911 system,” MacDonald said. But “we’re almost by default allowing it to become degraded as technology changes.”</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/mendocino-county-worried-about-their-copper-during-ip-transition">... More Details in the Full Story Here ...</a><br><br></p></div></div></div></div></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/gigi-sohn-celebrates-self-reliance-among-natoa-members" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Gigi Sohn Celebrates Self-Reliance Among NATOA Members</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:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Sat, September 19, 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gigi-sohn-celebrates-self-reliance-among-natoa-members" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-fcc-2012.PNG" alt="" title="" width="111" height="102" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">In a September 9th speech to the <a href="https://www.natoa.org/web/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors</a> (NATOA), Gigi Sohn, Counselor to the Chairman at the FCC, encouraged government officials to build their own networks. She told attendees at the annual conference in San Diego:</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">Without question, the landscape is changing for local governments, but in a good way. Most significantly, the future is not in cable, but in broadband. Even the cable operators acknowledge this.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Rather than wait for incumbent ISPs to build the network your cities want and need, you can take control of your own broadband futures. Rather than thinking of yourselves as taxers and regulators, which has been the traditional role, you can think of yourselves as facilitators of the kind of services you’ve been begging the incumbents to provide for years.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">This is incredibly exciting, and I’m sure somewhat frightening. But the new model for local governments looks to benefit their citizens through externalities, not direct revenues. </p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gigi-sohn-celebrates-self-reliance-among-natoa-members">... Additional Excerpts From her Speech 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-september-18" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - September 18</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, September 21, 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:18.004px"><div class="" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-september-18" 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 class="" style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Georgia</strong></p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://thecitizen.com/government-city/city-study-building-broadband-service" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">City to study building broadband service</a> by Ben Nelms, The Citizen</p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px">Peachtree City is the latest city in Georgia to consider a city-owned fiber network. If approved, it could result in more than 20 miles of underground fiber cable.</p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px">With municipal-owned broadband, the city would own the right-of-way for fiber installation and would call the shots on infrastructure rather than relying on a for-profit vendor.</p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px">“This is a big decision,” said interim City Manager Jon Rorie. “So is the juice worth the squeeze going forward?”</p></blockquote><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Illinois</strong></p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/business/7/71/961375/rookie-alderman-wants-save-millions-switching-city-buildings-private-internet-access-citys-fiber-optic-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Alderman: City should use existing fiber-optic network for Internet service</a> by Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times</p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px">A Chicago Alderman says the city should switch from private ISP's to the city’s own higher-capacity fiber-optic network.</p><p class="" style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-september-18">... Read the Full Community Network Roundup Here ...</a></p></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><br></p></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

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