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<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="https://muninetworks.org/content/whip-city-fiber-expanding-community-broadband-bits-podcast-episode-205" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Whip City Fiber Expanding - Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 205</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, June 07, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/whip-city-fiber-expanding-community-broadband-bits-podcast-episode-205" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://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 month we wrote wrote about the <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/westfield-widen-whip-city-ftth-pilot-hit" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Whip City Fiber Pilot project</a> in Westfield, Massachusetts expanding and this week we interview two people from Westfield Gas & Electric about the effort. Aaron Bean is the Operations Manager and Sean Fitzgerald is the Key Accounts and Customer Service Manager.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We discuss <a href="https://www.whipcityfiber.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">their pilot project</a>, how they structured the services and pricing, and integrated the new telecommunications services into the municipal utility.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We also discuss whether the lack of a television option is limiting interest from potential subscribers and how they are picking the next locations to expand the network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/whip-city-fiber-expanding-community-broadband-bits-podcast-episode-205">... 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="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammons-local-improvement-district-gets-city-council-blessing" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Ammon's Local Improvement District Gets City Council Blessing</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, June 08, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammons-local-improvement-district-gets-city-council-blessing" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://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">Now that a<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/legal-eagles-ammon-ftth-can-fly-planned" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"> judge has legally approved it</a>, Ammon is forging ahead with an innovative approach to financing Internet infrastructure in Idaho.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">On May 19th, the <a href="http://www.localnews8.com/news/ammon-moves-to-create-fiber-optic-district/39645338" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">city council unanimously voted </a>to create a Local Improvement District (LID). Ammon’s decision has secured a way to finance its <a class="" href="https://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-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Local Improvement Districts: You're In or You're Out</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">LIDs have been used<a href="https://muninetworks.org/tags/tags/local-improvement-district" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"> </a>for fiber-optic infrastructure <a href="https://muninetworks.org/tags/tags/local-improvement-district" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">i</a>n other places, such as <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/local-internet-improvement-districts-new-hampshire-community-broadband-bits-podcast-179" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">New Hampshire</a> and <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/washington-state-law-change-transformed-fiber-project-poulsbo" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Poulsbo, Washington</a>, but the approach is still not widespread. In Ammon, the city council's action creates a district from five subdivisions, where residents can “opt in” or “opt out” of participation in the FTTH network. The district includes 376 individual properties, and 188 of those property owners have expressed a desire to "opt in" to the benefits, and costs, of the network. Those who have chosen to "opt out" do not use the network, nor do they pay for deployment.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/ammons-local-improvement-district-gets-city-council-blessing">... Ammon's Pioneering Network Takes Another Step Forward ...</a></p></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="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">The Tacoma Click Saga of 2015: Part 2</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, June 07, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-click-network-tacoma.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="97" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>This is Part 2 in a four part series about the Click network in Tacoma, Washington, where city leaders spent most of 2015 considering a plan to lease out all operations of this municipal network to a private company. Part 2 explores the major reasons why Tacoma Public Utilities has considered the move to lease out all Click operations. Part 1, <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-1" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">published on May 31</a>, examines possible plans for Click in the immediate future.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Part 2: TPU’s Challenges with Click</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">When TPU officials proposed last March to lease the network to a private ISP for 40 years, they cited revenue losses for Click as high as $7.6 million annually, indicated by troubling financial reports in recent years. Some critics, however, such as those with the advocacy group “Stick with Click,” countered that this figure is inaccurate. They say that TPU manufactured the revenue losses through an accounting decision that resulted in a deceptively bleak picture of Click’s financial performance.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">To shed light on the disagreement, we're examining relevant facts about Click.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2">... Read the Second Installment of our Four Part Series ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/blue-ribbon-panel-public-and-private-sectors-working-together" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Blue Ribbon Panel: The Public and Private Sectors Working Together</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, June 08, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/blue-ribbon-panel-public-and-private-sectors-working-together" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/icon-muninetworks-video.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="124" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Like electricity in the last century, advanced communications services and capabilities can become the drivers and enablers of simultaneous progress in economic development, education, government services, digital equity, and just about everything else that matters most to our communities.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">This Blue Ribbon Panel explores the challenges of establishing effective partnerships to bring better connectivity to local communities. The video is from the Broadband Communities Summit in Austin, Texas, on April 5 - 7, 2016.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/blue-ribbon-panel-public-and-private-sectors-working-together">... Watch the Video 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="https://muninetworks.org/content/bristols-muni-boon-electric-users" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Bristol's Muni A Boon for Electric Users</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, June 09, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/bristols-muni-boon-electric-users" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-bristol-tn.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="52" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Business and residential electric customers in Bristol, Tennessee are experiencing shorter power outages thanks to recent upgrades to the city’s municipal <a class="" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term10" 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 system that uses glass (or plastic) to carry light which is used to transmit information.  Typically, each side of the fiber is attached to a laser that send the light signals.  When the connection reaches capacity, the lasers may be upgraded to send much more information along the same strand of fiber.  This technology has been used for decades and will remain the dominant method of transmitting information for the foreseeable future.">fiber-optic</cite></a> network. And collectively, that represents <strong>annual savings of about </strong><strong>$6 million</strong> for electric users, according to the CEO of the <a href="http://www.btes.net/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Bristol Tennessee Essential Services </a>(BTES):</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><span style="font-size:16px">In an opinion piece for the </span><a href="http://www.heraldcourier.com/opinion/columnists/btes-upgrades-have-improved-service-lowered-costs/article_99743fa8-fad2-532c-b8c4-27a802dde8dd.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none;font-size:16px">Bristol Herald Courier</a><span style="font-size:16px"> newspaper, BTES CEO Mike Browder, said a recent upgrade to the electric system, which uses the city’s fiber-optic network, has helped cut power outage time by 35 percent:</span></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">“Our goal is less than 60 minutes average outage time per year per customer. In 2015, we exceeded that goal, reducing our outage time to 34 minutes per customer.”</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bristols-muni-boon-electric-users">... Read Some of the Many Benefits the Muni Fiber Network has Created ...</a><br><br></p><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-voters-ready-fund-muni" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Mount Washington Voters Ready To Fund Muni</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, June 10, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-voters-ready-fund-muni" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-mt-washington-ma.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="85" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">With only about 150 full-time residents, it’s hard to get the big ISPs to pay attention to you, especially when you are situated in forest-covered mountains. The people of <a href="http://townofmtwashington.com/index.php" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Mount Washington, Massachusetts</a>, realize that if they want high-quality connectivity, they have to do it themselves. At a special town meeting in May, voters <a href="https://theberkshireedge.com/tiny-town-mt-washington-jumps-broadband-bandwagon/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">unanimously approved funding</a> for a municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (<a class="" href="https://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.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Flying Solo In Western Mass</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Earlier this year, the small community <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-muni-permission-move-ahead-granted" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">obtained legal authority</a> to move forward on the project without establishing a Municipal Light Plant (MLP). State law requires municipalities to establish an MLP as the public entity to administer a city’s publicly owned network. Mount Washington considered it an unnecessary and burdensome requirement for such a small community; the legislature agreed. Since they decided not to join the Wired West Cooperative, which <a href="https://muninetworks.org/reports/wiredwest-cooperative-municipalities-forms-build-fiber-optic-network" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">requires member towns to establish MLPs</a>, they don't need one. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/mount-washington-voters-ready-fund-muni">... We Publish More Words on this Story Than They Have Households ...</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/wiredwest-new-website" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">WiredWest: New Website</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, June 06, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/wiredwest-new-website" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-wired-west2012.PNG" alt="" title="" width="125" height="28" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">In western Massachusetts, 44 small towns continue the push for high-speed, high-quality Internet access. WiredWest (a cooperative of these town’s municipal light plants) has been ramping up the pressure on the state. They need funding to build a regional network, but a state agency has been reluctant to distribute money.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">To update everyone on the ever-changing situation, WiredWest has launched a revamped website, focusing on the latest news and most relevant information. Bookmark <a href="http://wiredwest.net/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">WiredWest.net</a> to keep informed.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/wiredwest-new-website">... More Background on Wired West Here ...</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;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bbc-world-service-visits-chattanooga" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">BBC World Service Visits Chattanooga</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, June 11, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/bbc-world-service-visits-chattanooga" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-bbc-world-service.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="75" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Over the past few years, a number of media outlets have spotlighted Chattanooga’s rebirth from “dirtiest city in America” to a high-tech economic development engine. Recently, the BBC World Service produced “<em>Chattanooga - the High Speed City</em>” an episode in its Global Business Podcast series.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Peter Day presents the 27-minute story, described by the BBC as:</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">Chattanooga has been re-inventing itself for decades. In the late 1960s Walter Cronkite referred to the city as "the dirtiest in America." Since then heavy industry has declined and, to take its place, civic leaders have been on a mission to bring high-tech innovation and enterprise to Chattanooga. In 2010 the city became the first in America to enjoy gig speed internet following an investment of a couple of hundred million dollars from its publicly-owned electricity company, EPB. What economic and psychological benefits have super-fast internet brought to this mid-sized city in Tennessee? Has the investment in speed paid off? </p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bbc-world-service-visits-chattanooga">... This is a Good Story With New Anecdotes ...</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;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/another-rfp-egremont-massachusetts" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Another RFP: Egremont, Massachusetts</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">Fri, June 10, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/another-rfp-egremont-massachusetts" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-egremont-ma.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="116" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.egremont-ma.gov/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Egremont, Massachusetts</a>, population approximately 1,000, is seeking a firm for design, engineering, and consulting services for a Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. They <a href="http://www.egremont-ma.gov/brdbnddesignRFP1605.pdf" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">released a Request or Proposals</a> (RFP) in mid-May and proposal submissions are <strong>due on June 15th</strong>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Small Town Seeks Big Connectivity</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The community is one of the many rural towns located in the far western part of the state where high-quality connectivity is rare. Like <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/leverettnet-meets-demand-better-connectivity-ma" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Leverett</a>, <a href="https://muninetworks.org/tags/tags/mt-washington" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Mount Washington</a>, and the Wired West communities, Egremont has decided the time to wait for the big providers is over.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/another-rfp-egremont-massachusetts">... A Few 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="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-june-13" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - June 13</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, June 13, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://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="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-june-13" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/media-roundup-community-bb_0_10.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" 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.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/a-lesson-in-broadband-projects" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">A lesson in broadband projects</a> by Dennis Webb, Grand Junction Sentinel</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Idaho</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://idahostatejournal.com/pocatello/idaho-falls-mulls-expanding-fiber-optic-internet-connections/article_b611fe90-9964-501d-9ed5-c0ac1e830b7f.html" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Idaho Falls mulls expanding fiber-optic Internet connections</a> by Sarah Glenn, Idaho State Journal</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-june-13">... Read the Full Community Broadband Network Media Roundup Here ...</a></p></div></div></div></div>

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