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<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/local-internet-improvement-districts-new-hampshire-community-broadband-bits-podcast-179" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Local Internet Improvement Districts in New Hampshire - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 179</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">Tue, December 01, 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/local-internet-improvement-districts-new-hampshire-community-broadband-bits-podcast-179" 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">Local governments in New Hampshire are quite limited in how they can use public financing to invest in fiber optic networks, but <a href="http://www.hanovernh.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Hanover</a> is exploring an approach to create voluntary special assessment districts that would finance <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> fiber optic networks. Town Manager Julia Griffin joins us for Community Broadband <a href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term3" 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="The base unit of information in computing.  For our purposes, also the base unit of measuring network speeds.  1 bit is a single piece of information.  Network speeds tend to be measured by bits per second - using kilo (1,000), mega (1,000,000), and giga (1,000,000,000).  A bit is a part of byte, they are not synonyms.  Bit is generally abbreviated with a lower case b.">Bit</cite></a>s Episode 179 to explain their plans.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Though New Hampshire does not have any explicit barriers against municipal networks, the state has not authorized local governments to bond for them, which has certainly limited local authority to ensure high quality Internet access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">But Hanover is one of several communities around the country that is exploring special assessment districts (sometimes called local improvement districts) that would allow residents and local businesses to opt into an assessment that would finance construction and allow them to pay it off over many years. This approach is well suited to Hanover, which has access to the <a href="http://www.newhampshirefastroads.net/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Fast Roads open access network</a>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/local-internet-improvement-districts-new-hampshire-community-broadband-bits-podcast-179" target="_blank">Listen to the Show here</a> ... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-179" 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/fairlawn-ohio-pursuing-design-plan-muni-broadband-utility-0" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Fairlawn, Ohio Pursuing Design Plan for Muni Broadband Utility</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 30, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/scott" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="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ks to a municipal fiber-to-the-home (<a href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term13" 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="Fiber-to-the-home.  As most telecommunications networks use fiber in some part of it, FTTH is used to specify those that use fiber to connect the subscriber.  Some claim they have a fiber-optic network because they use fiber to the node even when they use phone lines or a cable network over the last mile.  FTTH may be more expensive to install currently, but offers significant savings in terms of maintenance when compared to copper alternatives.">FTTH</cite></a>) pilot program.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Fast, Affordable, Reliable...Soon!</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to a recent <a href="http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-moving-forward-on-fiber-to-the-home-internet-pilot/article_f0beaad3-00a2-5679-a3f2-23094d258314.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Cap Times article</a>, installation will begin in the spring of 2016; community leaders anticipate the network will start serving residents in the fall. The cost of the pilot is estimated at $512,000. The original plan was to offer the pilot in two areas, but in the City Council <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/documents/packet_037.pdf" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">recently approved</a> an amendment to the city budget to cover the cost of expanding the pilot. Funds for the construction will come from the city's capital budget.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/madison-wisconsin-pilot-fiber-fall" target="_blank">... More Details from This Fascinating Pilot Approach Here ...</a></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/%E2%80%9Ccrazy-fast%E2%80%9D-connectivity-expands-westminster-maryland" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">“Crazy Fast” Connectivity Expands in Westminster, Maryland</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">Tue, December 01, 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="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/%E2%80%9Ccrazy-fast%E2%80%9D-connectivity-expands-westminster-maryland" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-westminster-md.png" alt="" title="" width="83" height="82" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Gigabit Internet access will soon be reaching more residents in Westminster. The high-speed municipal fiber-to-the-home (<a href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term13" 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="Fiber-to-the-home.  As most telecommunications networks use fiber in some part of it, FTTH is used to specify those that use fiber to connect the subscriber.  Some claim they have a fiber-optic network because they use fiber to the node even when they use phone lines or a cable network over the last mile.  FTTH may be more expensive to install currently, but offers significant savings in terms of maintenance when compared to copper alternatives.">FTTH</cite></a>) network in Maryland will soon add more than <a href="http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-westminster-fiber-second-phase-20151024-story.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">2,000 new homes</a> to the <a href="http://westminster-md.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=f813f2806d2a494c91291cde1b1babfd&extent=-77.0571,39.5412,-76.8923,39.6150" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">network map</a>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>The Incredible Expanding Network</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The network is a product of a <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/public-private-partnerships-reality-check" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">public-private partnership</a> with telecommunications company<a href="https://ting.com/blog/internet/westminster/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Ting.</a> The expansion provides more evidence of the continuing success of the network in this city of just under 19,000 people about 35 miles northwest of Baltimore.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The network was originally planned as <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/westminster-maryland-move-forward-fiber-pilot-projects" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">a pilot project</a> confined to small, select areas of Westminster, but <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/westminsters-fiber-project-drawing-business-new-york-city-maryland" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">high demand</a> prompted community leaders to <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/westminster-marylands-fiber-pilot-project-grows" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">broaden the reach</a> of the project. Eventually, Westminster budgeted for <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/westminster-budgets-open-access-fiber-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">citywide infrastructure</a>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/%E2%80%9Ccrazy-fast%E2%80%9D-connectivity-expands-westminster-maryland" target="_blank">... Read the Rest of this 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/tn-fibers-new-video-family-life-bradley-county" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">TN For Fiber's New Video On Family Life In Bradley County</a></h2><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:1em;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-size:0.9em">Wed, December 02, 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><div style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 1em 0px;line-height:18.004px"><div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/tn-fibers-new-video-family-life-bradley-county" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-tn4fiber.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px;line-height:18.004px">In a new video, <a href="https://vimeo.com/user40968953" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Tennessee Fiber Optic Communities</a> profiles what it is like for a family living in Bradley County, just outside of the reach of Chattanooga's EPB Fiber Optic network. Debbie Williams describes how she and her family struggle with a long list of issues most of us associate with the bygone era of dial-up Internet. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;line-height:18.004px">Watch this video and you will realize how families just outside of statutory limitations of EPB Fiber are living a different life than families served by the network. No one should have to deal with these kinds of problems. As Debbie puts it, "It's just wrong."</p><div><br></div><div><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/tn-fibers-new-video-family-life-bradley-county" target="_blank">... Watch the Video Here ...</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/montana-coop-turns-speed-16-counties-23000-square-miles" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Montana Coop Turns Up the Speed: 16 Counties, 23,000 Square Miles</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, December 04, 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/montana-coop-turns-speed-16-counties-23000-square-miles" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-triangle-comm-coop.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="41" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Montana may have high speed limits on roads, but this Montana coop’s network will let you surf the web even faster.<a href="http://www.itstriangle.com/about-us" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> Triangle Communications</a> received an<a href="http://www.kfbb.com/story/29611365/local-communications-company-awarded-30-million-for-fiber-optic-cables" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">almost $30 million</a> loan from the USDA to provide rural Central Montana with high-speed Internet access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Triangle Communications will finish upgrading its aging copper network - a technology mostly used for telephone - to a fiber network that can support both telephone and high-speed Internet. The loan comes from the USDA’s initiative, announced in July, promising $85 million to improve connectivity in rural areas. The Triangle Communications coop is upgrading its entire system spanning 16 counties (that’s more than 23,000 square miles from the Canadian to the Wyoming border!). </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/montana-coop-turns-speed-16-counties-23000-square-miles" target="_blank">... More on This Rural Cooperative Approach 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/no-love-lost-between-north-carolina-ag-and-state-barrier" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">No Love Lost Between North Carolina A.G. And State Barrier</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, December 05, 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/no-love-lost-between-north-carolina-ag-and-state-barrier" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-north-carolina.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="122" style="border:0px"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The State of North Carolina is currently awaiting a decision from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals as the court considers the FCC's February decision to roll back state barriers. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's office is heading up the state's appeal, but is his heart in it?</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Cooper is <a href="https://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/elections/cooper-launches-bid-governor-3010379" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">running</a> for governor and, in a <a href="http://www.wilsontimes.com/News/Feature/Story/38938021---Cooper-reaches-out-to-Wilson-residents" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">recent interview</a>, expressed his views about <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/digging-h129-another-bill-nc-limit-local-authority-and-broadband-competition" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">H129</a>, the focus of the appeal in North Carolina [emphasis ours]:<br></p><blockquote style="margin:1em 2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic">The Legislature has passed a lot of <strong>bad laws</strong>, but it is the job of the attorney general to defend state laws...And I wish the governor and the General Assembly would stop passing so many<strong>bad laws</strong> that create litigation. We’ve seen that in many instances. This is another situation where the attorney general’s office is duty bound to defend state law.</blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/no-love-lost-between-north-carolina-ag-and-state-barrier" target="_blank">... A Few More Details on This Story Here ...</a></p></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><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-27" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Community Broadband Media Roundup - November 27</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">Tue, December 01, 2015 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/nick" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Nick</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-27" 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_0.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="http://www.theheraldtimes.com/more-questions-and-answers-on-countys-broadband-project/rio-blanco-county/?mc_cid=03c7c42841&mc_eid=2910c7b52b" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">More questions and answers on county's broadband project</a> by The Herald Times</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Minnesota</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/business/local-telecom-companies-receive-broadband-grants-local-projects-supported/article_f8d246b6-8fa2-11e5-b67a-030d08bbfe0f.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Local telecom companies receive broadband grants, local projects supported</a> by Nancy Madsen, Mankato Free Press</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://bringmethenews.com/2015/11/20/15-rural-areas-picked-to-benefit-from-11m-in-broadband-internet-funding/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">15 rural areas picked to benefit from $11M in broadband Internet funding</a> by Adam Uren, Bring Me the News</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-november-27" target="_blank">... Read the Full Community Broadband Media Roundup here ...</a></p></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>

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