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<div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:13px">Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the </i><i style="font-size:13px">Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom.  Send feedback.  Forward Widely.</i></div></div><div><i style="font-size:13px"><br></i></div><div><i>We have just learned that Wally Bowen, a community wireless network pioneer, inspiration, and genuinely caring mentor to so many of us, has passed away. He will live forever in our hearts.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><h2 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/maine-model-muni-fiber-dark-and-open-community-broadband-bits-episode-176" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Maine Model for Muni Fiber - Dark and Open - Community Broadband Bits Episode 176</a></h2><div 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 style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, November 11, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/christopher" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">christopher</a></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/maine-model-muni-fiber-dark-and-open-community-broadband-bits-episode-176" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-community-bb-bits_0.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">An interesting confluence in events in Maine have resulted in what some are calling the "Maine model" of fiber optic networks that are available to multiple Internet Service Providers to encourage competition and high quality services. The CEO of <a href="http://www.gwi.net/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">GWI</a>, Fletcher Kittredge, joins us this week to explain this model and where it is currently being implemented.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">GWI is a local firm, rooted in Maine and focused on delivering high quality services with great customer support. It is working with Rockport (which we<a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/rockport-builds-maine%E2%80%99s-first-municipal-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">wrote about here</a> and <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/first-muni-fiber-net-maine-community-broadband-bits-episode-115" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">podcasted on here</a>) and Islesboro (<a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/maine-island-stranded-without-fiber-community-broadband-bits-podcast-155" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">podcast here</a>) as well as others.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Fletcher starts by telling us more about <a href="http://www.mainefiberco.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Maine's Three Ring Binder network</a> and then goes on describe the dark fiber model, benefits of that approach, and how he thinks about public vs private ownership of the <a 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)" target="_blank"><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> physical assets.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/maine-model-muni-fiber-dark-and-open-community-broadband-bits-episode-176" target="_blank">Listen to the Show Here</a> ... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-176" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Read the transcript from this episode here</a> ...</p></div></div><div><br></div><div><h2 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/baltimore-city-council-ponders-options-moving-muni-fiber-forward" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Baltimore City Council Ponders Options for Moving Muni Fiber Forward</a></h2><div 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 style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, November 09, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">lgonzalez</a></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/baltimore-city-council-ponders-options-moving-muni-fiber-forward" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-baltimore.jpg" alt="" title="" width="103" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Baltimore's City Council has decided it's time to move forward with a plan for city-owned fiber and they are putting pen to paper to get the ball rolling.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Since 2010, we have covered <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/baltimore-ponders-muni-fiber-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Baltimore's efforts</a> to improve connectivity for businesses and residents. For a time, they expected <a href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term11" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)" target="_blank"><cite title="Verizon is the only large carrier building a ftth network.  This network is called FiOS.  Though FiOS is similar technologically to community fiber networks, we believe communities should have a strong voice in how the network is run and Verizon does not offer this.">FiOs</cite></a> from Verizon but when the provider announced it would <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/five-cities-denounce-verizoncomcast-spectrum-deal" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">not be expanding</a> its network, Baltimore began to explore a Plan B.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Plan B included <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/baltimore-once-again-considering-publicly-owned-options" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">a publicly owned option</a>, possibly making use of fiber assets already had in place. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/baltimore-mayor-you-cant-grow-jobs-slow-internet" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">has supported</a> taking steps to improve connectivity for Baltimore's economy, education, and general livability. A <a href="http://www.crowdfiber.com/campaigns/baltimore-broadband-coalition" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">crowd funding initiative</a> from the Baltimore Broadband Coalition has raised over $20,000 and the community has commissioned several studies. Baltimore even has a city broadband czar.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/baltimore-city-council-ponders-options-moving-muni-fiber-forward" target="_blank">... Read our Full Coverage Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/reports/sandynet-goes-gig-model-anytown-usa" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">SandyNet Goes Gig: A Model for Anytown, USA</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="margin-bottom:1em"><div><div><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline">Publication Date: </div> <span>November 9, 2015</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:1em"><div><div><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline">Author(s): </div> Hannah Trostle</div><div><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline"></div> Christopher Mitchell</div></div></div><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/reports/sandynet-goes-gig-model-anytown-usa" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/sandynet-case-study-2015-thumb.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="88" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Many of the most beautiful communities in the United States are in remote areas where incumbent cable and telephone companies have decided not to offer modern, high-quality Internet connectivity. Sandy, Oregon, is one of them. Some 10,000 people live there among the lush green forests and beautiful vistas of the “Gateway to Mount Hood,” 25 miles east of Portland. <strong>But Sandy decided to build its own gigabit fiber optic system and now has one of the most advanced, affordable networks in the nation.</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">A <a href="https://ilsr.org/sandynet-goes-gig-a-model-for-anytown-usa/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">new report by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance</a> details the rise of SandyNet, Sandy's publicly owned high-speed Internet service. <a href="https://ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sandynet-2015.pdf" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">"SandyNet Goes Gig: A Model for Anytown USA"</a> charts the growth of this community network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="https://ilsr.org/sandynet-goes-gig-a-model-for-anytown-usa/" target="_blank">Read our Full Report Here</a> ... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/gig-city-sandy-home-60-gig" target="_blank">Watch Our Sandy Video Here</a> ...<br><br></p></div></div></div><div><h2 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/another-washington-coastal-city-considers-community-network" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Another Washington Coastal City Considers Community Network</a></h2><div 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 style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, November 09, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/hannah" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">hannah</a></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/another-washington-coastal-city-considers-community-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-anacortes-wa.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="41" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Out on the coast of the great state of Washington, community networks are making waves. Orcas Island residents recently <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-group-of-neighbors-created-their-own-internet-service/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">made headlines</a> with their homegrown wireless network, and Mount Vernon’s fiber network previously appeared in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/technology/personaltech/for-the-tech-savvy-with-a-need-for-speed-a-limited-choice-of-towns-with-fiber.html?_r=0" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">New York Times</a>. Now, the city of Anacortes is considering its options.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Anacortes: Fiber-to-the-Home?</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The city is negotiating with an engineering firm to develop a fiber network that best provides connectivity for the 16,000 residents. The engineering firm is expected to present to the city council next on November 16th.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/another-washington-coastal-city-considers-community-network" target="_blank">... Read the Rest Here, Including an Update From Mount Vernon ...</a><br><br></p><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/how-lobbyists-utah-put-taxpayer-dollars-risk-protect-cable-monopolies" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">How Lobbyists in Utah Put Taxpayer Dollars at Risk to Protect Cable Monopolies</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, November 11, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/christopher" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">christopher</a></span></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/how-lobbyists-utah-put-taxpayer-dollars-risk-protect-cable-monopolies" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-utah.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Facing the threat of municipal broadband networks disrupting their cable and telephone monpolies, big telecom lobbyists wrote a law to restrict municipal networks under the guise of protecting taxpayers. Here's the irony: the law put taxpayers at much greater risk even while restricting their choice of Internet and cable providers.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Before <em>Business Week</em> became Bloomberg Business, Brendan Greely and Alison Fitzgerald published a remarkable story entitled, "<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/pssst-wanna-buy-a-law-12012011.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law?</a>" It offers chapter and verse on the role of cable and telephone incumbents using the<a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">American Legislative and Exchange Council (ALEC)</a> to push Internet anti-competition restrictions in many states.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;line-height:18.004px">We have been reflecting on these laws that discourage or bar municipal broadband networks while drafting a brief for the 6th Circuit regarding the <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/fcc-opinion-and-order-striking-down-local-authority-limits-tn-and-nc-highlights" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">FCC decision to strike down monopoly-protection statutes</a> in North Carolina and Tennessee. We realized that the Utah law isn't just anti-competitive, it dramatically increased the risk to taxpayers from building a municipal network in the state.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/how-lobbyists-utah-put-taxpayer-dollars-risk-protect-cable-monopolies" target="_blank">... Read this Fascinating Story Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/grand-junction-asks-fiber-where" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Grand Junction Asks "Fiber? Where?"</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Thu, November 12, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/hannah" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">hannah</a></span></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/grand-junction-asks-fiber-where" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-grand-junction-co.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="41" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">While other communities in Colorado are just starting to <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/let-it-be-local-43-colorado-communities-vote-better-broadband" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">reclaim local control</a>over their broadband futures, the city of Grand Junction has moved forward. In April, the people <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/grand-junction-voters-we-want-local-authority" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">overwhelmingly overturned SB 152</a> – the state law that prohibited them from pursuing the best broadband solution for their community. Now Grand Junction is investigating its options.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The city council and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) are in the process of hiring a consulting firm to develop a broadband strategic plan for the city of 60,000 and seat of Mesa County. One of the main tasks is to determine where to locate the fiber backbone of the proposed municipal network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/grand-junction-asks-fiber-where" target="_blank">... Our Original Story Awaits You Here ...</a></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><br></p><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/ting-holly-springs-nc-get-gig" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Ting! Holly Springs, NC to Get a Gig</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Fri, November 13, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/hannah" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">hannah</a></span></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/ting-holly-springs-nc-get-gig" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-ting.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="89" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">While Google Fiber and AT&T focus on the large cities of the Research Triangle of North Carolina, the small town of Holly Springs is pursuing a third option. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Holly Springs will be the third town to see Ting’s “crazy fast fiber Internet.” After a successful foray into the U.S. mobile service market, the Toronto-based company Ting has started to provide Internet service by partnering with local governments. Ting will offer 1 <a 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)" target="_blank"><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">Gbps</cite></a> in Holly Springs by building on the town’s<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2015/10/holly-springs-nc-ting-fiber-internet.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">$1.5 million</a> municipal fiber network. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Muni network restricted by state law</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Holly Springs, with a population of almost 30,000, has worked hard to improve its connectivity. In mid-2014, they <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/north-carolina-town-saves-public-dollars-its-own-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">completed</a> a 13-mile fiber <a href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term15" style="text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,136,0);color:rgb(121,80,37)" target="_blank"><cite title="Short for Institutional Network.  This is the network a municipal government requires to carry out its duties.  I-Net frequently refers specifically to a network built for city uses (connecting schools, for instance) by the cable company as part of the franchise agreement with the city.  Cities are increasingly seeing the value of owning their own network. ">Institutional network</cite></a> (often called an “I-Net”) to connect the municipal buildings and other public institutions, such as schools and hospitals. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/ting-holly-springs-nc-get-gig" target="_blank">... Read the Rest Here ...</a><br><br></p><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/hillary-clinton-stop-state-laws-restrict-local-choice" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton: Stop State Laws that Restrict Local Choice</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Sat, November 14, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/ternste" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">ternste</a></span></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/hillary-clinton-stop-state-laws-restrict-local-choice" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/hillary-clinton.jpg" alt="" title="" width="100" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">In a <a href="http://qz.com/529303/hillary-clinton-being-pro-business-doesnt-mean-hanging-consumers-out-to-dry/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">position piece</a> released in October, Hillary Clinton voiced strong support for local authority:</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">“Three-quarters of US households have at most one option for purchasing the Internet service families now depend on for shopping, streaming, and doing homework. When alternatives do emerge, however, as they have in places like Kansas City, prices go down and speeds go up……Closing these loopholes and protecting other standards of free and fair competition—like enforcing strong net neutrality rules and preempting state laws that unfairly protect incumbent businesses—will keep more money in consumers’ wallets, enable startups to challenge the status quo, and allow small businesses to thrive.”</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px">The effort to stop state laws that limit local choice on broadband initiatives requires more political leaders to take a stand like the one Mrs. Clinton takes here against local monopoly power in favor of fair competition. Voters must become better informed about the insidious impact of centralized corporate power on their local freedom and demand that elected officials embrace policies to decentralize power.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/hillary-clinton-stop-state-laws-restrict-local-choice" target="_blank">... We Hope to See Other Presidential Seekers Adopt the Same Position ...</a><br><br></p><h2 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-november-13" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Community Broadband Media Roundup - November 13</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Mon, November 16, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/rebecca" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">rebecca</a></span></div><div style="line-height:18.004px"><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-november-13" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/media-roundup-community-bb.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Colorado</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151104/11595932721/colorado-residents-vote-overwhelmingly-favor-municipal-broadband.shtml" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Colorado Residents Vote Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Municipal Broadband</a> by Karl Bode, TechDirt</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Boulder-Colo-To-Light-Up-Fiber-Optic-Network.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Boulder, Colo., To Light Up Fiber Optic Network</a> by Alex Burness, GovTech</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.statetechmagazine.com/article/2015/11/boulder-colo-explores-benefits-municipal-broadband" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Boulder, Colo., Explores Benefits of Municipal Broadband </a>by Julian Kimble, State Tech Magazine</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Maine</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/09/portland-to-pursue-building-of-a-municipal-high-speed-broadband-network/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Portland to pursue building municipal high-speed broadband network </a>by Whit Richardson, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public Radio & Washington Times</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-november-13" target="_blank">... Read our Full Community Broadband Media Roundup Here ...</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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