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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/exploring-huntsville-fiber-model-community-broadband-bits-podcast-191" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Exploring the Huntsville Fiber Model - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 191</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, March 01, 2016 | 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/exploring-huntsville-fiber-model-community-broadband-bits-podcast-191" 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">Last week, we were <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/muni-network-huntsville-draws-google-fiber" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">excited at the announcement</a> from Huntsville Utilities in Alabama. Huntsville is building a municipal dark fiber network to every premise in its territory that will be open to multiple service providers. Google has already committed to using it to bring real connectivity to the community.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">In this week's episode, 191, we are talking with Tom Reiman and Stacy Cantrell to understand the model. Tom is President of <a href="http://www.broadbandgroup.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">The Broadband Group</a><a>, the consultant that is working with Huntsville on this project. Stacy Cantrell is the Vice President of Engineering for </a><a href="https://www.hsvutil.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Huntsville Utilities</a>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We talk about how the model originated, some of the technical details behind the network, and what benefits they expect to see. This is an excellent discussion with many implications for the thousands of communities that want to improve Internet access locally but would prefer not to offer services directly.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/exploring-huntsville-fiber-model-community-broadband-bits-podcast-191">Listen to the Show Here </a>... <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-191" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">The transcript from this episode is available here .</a>..</p></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/springfield-massachusetts-introducing-free-downtown-wifi-plus-new-dark-fiber-capacity" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Springfield, Massachusetts Introducing Free Downtown Wifi Plus New Dark Fiber Capacity</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, March 01, 2016 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/ternste" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">ternste</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/springfield-massachusetts-introducing-free-downtown-wifi-plus-new-dark-fiber-capacity" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-springfield-ma.PNG" alt="" title="" width="125" height="123" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Starting this spring, the <a href="http://www.springfield-ma.gov/cos/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">City of Springfield, Massachusetts</a> will offer free municipal <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> and new dark fiber capacity to a 7-block area of the city’s downtown known as the “<a href="http://www.courbanize.com/springfield-tdi/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Springfield Innovation District</a>.”</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2016/01/springfield_bringing_free_wifi_high-capa.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">As Masslive.com reports</a>, the new dark fiber will create a connection between the city’s <a href="http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2014/10/springfield_innovation_center.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Springfield Innovation Center</a> and an existing network of dark fiber capacity in this part of downtown. The publicly owned fiber currently provides gigabit connectivity to municipal buildings but the city will lease out excess capacity. The new Wi-Fi and dark fiber services are part of a broader plan aimed at boosting economic development and innovation in Springfield, the state’s third largest city at 150,000 and the fourth largest city in all of New England. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The project is phase one of a broader plan to soon expand the network even further in order to reach an additional downtown area and all of the city’s public parks. Springfield’s Chief Information Officer Kevin Kennedy estimates the project’s phase 1 total cost between $50,000 and $100,000. While users interested in connecting to the dark fiber will contract with a private provider for Internet service, the city will be the service provider for the free downtown Wi-Fi.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/springfield-massachusetts-introducing-free-downtown-wifi-plus-new-dark-fiber-capacity">... Spring into the Rest of This Story Here ...</a></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/congrats-freeutopia-victory-utah" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Congrats to FreeUTOPIA for Victory In Utah</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, March 03, 2016 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/ternste" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">ternste</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/congrats-freeutopia-victory-utah" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-free-utopia.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="31" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>Jesse Harris over at <a href="https://www.freeutopia.org/faq/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">FreeUTOPIA</a> is noting an important shift in the discussions and controversies that surround <a href="https://www.utopianet.org/about-utopia/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Utah’s UTOPIA open access network</a>. For starters, as the network is increasingly showing signs of financial success, he’s noticing that critics of the network have gone silent. Meanwhile, more and more people in the region seem to be interested in getting connected to the network. </em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>After almost a decade spent covering the UTOPIA open source network, <a href="https://www.freeutopia.org/2016/02/22/macquarie-is-probably-dead-and-thats-probably-okay/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Harris declared victory for UTOPIA</a> and for local authority over broadband access in Utah.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>We’ll let Jesse take it from here:</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em><a href="https://www.freeutopia.org/2016/02/22/macquarie-is-probably-dead-and-thats-probably-okay/">... Jesse Actually Takes it From Here ...</a><br><br></em></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/albany-new-york-studying-internet-access-needs" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Albany, New York Studying Internet Access Needs</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">Sat, March 05, 2016 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/scott" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Scott</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/albany-new-york-studying-internet-access-needs" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-albany-ny.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">The <a href="http://www.albanyny.org/home.aspx" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">city of Albany,</a> New York (pop. 100,000) recently hired a consulting firm to study the high-speed Internet needs of the community, including possibly the municipality building its own fiber optic network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The study will, among other things, “assess the strengths and weaknesses of Internet access currently available in the city,” <a href="http://www.albanyny.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/16-01-22/CITY_OF_ALBANY_HIRES_CONSULTANT_TO_CONDUCT_BROADBAND_STUDY.aspx" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">according to a city news release</a>. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to Albany officials, <a href="http://www.albanyny.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/16-01-22/CITY_OF_ALBANY_HIRES_CONSULTANT_TO_CONDUCT_BROADBAND_STUDY.aspx" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">an estimated 30 to 50 percent of children in Upstate New York communities</a> live in households that cannot afford broadband service in their homes.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The Albany study will also “investigate the extent of a digital divide in Albany that prevents some residents from getting fast and affordable Internet service at home or elsewhere,” and “recommend a prudent path, including funding opportunities, to ensure the City has a broadband network that is affordable and provides high-speed Internet access for all.”</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/albany-new-york-studying-internet-access-needs">... Many More Details with the Full Story Here ...</a></p></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/ammon-idaho-preparing-ftth-expansion" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Ammon, Idaho Preparing for FTTH Expansion</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">Mon, February 29, 2016 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/ternste" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">ternste</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/ammon-idaho-preparing-ftth-expansion" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-ammon-id.gif" alt="" title="" width="125" height="41" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Officials in the City of Ammon, Idaho, are moving closer to expanding their municipal network to residents with a Fiber-to-the-Home (<a class="" 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)"><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. The FTTH expansion is the latest phase in their incremental approach in this community of 14,500 people in the southeast corner of Idaho.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Ammon’s Director of IT, Bruce Patterson, told us the history of the network’s development in <a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/content/how-ammon-idaho-builds-digital-roads-community-broadband-bits-episode-86" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">a 2014 Community Broadband Bits Podcast</a>. After starting the network several years ago with just a single link between two municipal buildings, the network gradually expanded the network to community anchor institutions. They also decided to serve businesses on a case-by-case basis. Since the beginning, the city kept its eye on its goal: to offer fiber access to every home in Ammon.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/ammon-idaho-preparing-ftth-expansion">... The Rest of the Update from Ammon ...</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/tings-next-stop-greater-sandpoint-idaho" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Ting's Next Stop Greater Sandpoint, 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">Thu, March 03, 2016 | 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/tings-next-stop-greater-sandpoint-idaho" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-ting.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="89" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Ting has chosen the Greater <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjP2oirkaXLAhXETSYKHb2eC2EQFgggMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofsandpoint.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNFalbgKIbqRY2nV971sW9w5_KlDTQ" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Sandpoint, Idaho</a>, region as its next Internet access service area. The partnership will allow Ting to provide gigabit Fiber-to-the-Home (<a class="" 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)"><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>) Internet access to residents and businesses in Sandpoint, <a href="http://www.doveridaho.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Dover</a>,<a href="http://www.cityofponderay.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Ponderay</a>, and Kootenai. The four communities are located in Bonner County, in the panhandle area of the state; approximately 9,700 people populate the proposed service area.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Rural Subscribers Want It, Need It, Will Use It</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Potential subscribers <a href="https://ting.com/sandpoint" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">can pre-order right away</a> as part of Ting's "demand assessment" phase. Construction will begin later in 2016 when Ting determines there is sufficient demand in the region. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/tings-next-stop-greater-sandpoint-idaho">... Idaho Gets Fiber, Part II ...</a><br><br></p></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/digital-northwest-broadband-summit-march-20-21-2016-seattle" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Digital Northwest Broadband Summit: March 20 - 21, 2016 in Seattle</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">Wed, March 02, 2016 | 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="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/digital-northwest-broadband-summit-march-20-21-2016-seattle" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-next-century-cities.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="47" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://nextcenturycities.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Next Century Cities</a> (NCC) is hosting <strong>Digital Northwest: A Broadband Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders</strong> at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Washington. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (<a class="" href="http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term220" 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="National Telecommunications and Information Administration - a division of the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. ">NTIA</cite></a>) is co-hosting the event.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The summit will bring together federal, state, and local officials, industry representatives, and community leaders to celebrate successes and share resources. The summit will examine gaps that remain and strategize on how to expand high-speed Internet access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/digital-northwest-broadband-summit-march-20-21-2016-seattle">... Hope to See you There! ...</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/new-report-digital-inclusion-sesame-workshop" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">New Report on Digital Inclusion from Sesame Workshop</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, March 04, 2016 | 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/new-report-digital-inclusion-sesame-workshop" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/cover-oppt-for-all-rpt_1.png" alt="" title="" width="94" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">A recent report by Victoria Rideout and Vikki S. Katz from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the <a href="http://www.sesameworkshop.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Sesame Workshop</a> delves into detail on the experiences of lower income families and Internet access. The report, “<a href="http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jgcc_opportunityforall.pdf" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Opportunity for all? Technology and learning in lower-income families</a>,” points to the promises of digital inclusion for educational opportunities, but also to the current inequalities in Internet access. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The researchers highlight several key findings from the study in an effort to inform policymakers of the root causes, and effects, of these inequalities on lower-income families. They include issues of race (families headed by Hispanic immigrants are less connected), of access (mobile-only and inconsistent connectivity), and of affordability (despite the existence of discounted programs).</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/new-report-digital-inclusion-sesame-workshop">... Read our Full Excerpt 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-march-7" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - March 7</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, March 07, 2016 | Posted by <a href="http://muninetworks.org/users/nick" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Nick</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-march-7" 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_9.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Connecticut</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://wnpr.org/post/connecticut-high-speed-internet-public-or-private-utility?mc_cid=f064a6ceee&mc_eid=2910c7b52b#stream/0" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Connecticut high-speed Internet: Public or private utility?</a> by John Dankosky & Tucker Ives, WNPR</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Kentucky</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/26/this-citys-fight-with-att-could-shape-the-future-for-google-fiber/?mc_cid=f064a6ceee&mc_eid=2910c7b52b" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">This city's fight with AT&T could shape the future for Google Fiber</a> by Brian Fung, Washington Post</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Missouri</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/att-gave-62k-to-lawmakers-months-before-vote-to-limit-muni-broadband/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">AT&T gave $62K to lawmakers months before vote to limit muni broadband</a> by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-march-7">... And other Community BB Media News Here ...</a></p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>

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