<div dir="ltr"><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><b><i>Hope you had a Happy and Safe Independence Day!</i></b></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/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">CityLink Telecommunications in Albuquerque Prefers Open Access - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 208</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 28, 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/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast" 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">A small telecommunications company in Albuquerque embodies much of the philosophy that has powered the Internet. And CityLink Telecommunications President John Brown credits Vint Cerf for some of that inspiration.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">John Brown joins us for episode 208 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, where we talk not just about how enthusiastic he is for <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>, but how he writes open access requirements into contracts to ensure CityLink would continue to operate on an open access basis even if he were struck down by an errant backhoe.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">We also discuss the Internet of Things and security before finishing with a discussion of how he thinks the city of Albuquerque should move forward with his firm to save money and improve Internet access across the community. We also touch on Santa Fe's decision to work with a different company in building their short spur to bypass a CenturyLink bottleneck.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast">Listen to the Show Here</a> ... <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-208" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Read the transcript from this show here</a> ... </p></div></div><div><br></div><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></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/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Colorado Communities Opting Out: The List Grows...and Grows...and Grows</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 27, 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/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-colorado.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">Recently, Christopher <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/glenwood-springs-shares-lessons-learned-community-broadband-bits-podcast-206" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">spoke with Glenwood Springs, Colorado</a>, about their venture into providing high-quality Internet access for the community. They were, to our knowledge, the first Colorado community to pass a referendum reclaiming local telecommunications authority. The voters in Glenwood Springs chose to opt out of SB 152 and reclaim that authority in 2008.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/voters-quiet-drums-polls-colorado" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Last fall was a banner season</a> for local communities deciding to no longer be limited by the state restrictions borne out of big cable lobbying. More than four dozen municipalities and counties voted on the issue and all of them passed, many with huge margins. In the spring of this year, <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/more-colorado-communities-shut-out-state-barriers-voting-booth" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">nine more towns joined the fray</a>, including<a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/mancos-voters-latest-decide-local-authority-colorado" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Mancos</a>, Fruita, and Orchard City. There are also over 20 counties and number of school districts that have taken the issue to voters and voters responded overwhelmingly saying, “<em>YES! WE WANT LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY</em>!”</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows">... See our List of Opt-Out Counties and More Information About the Colorado Law ...</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/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Soon, Faster Internet Service For Santa Cruz's Small Businesses</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 29, 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/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-santa-cruz-ca.jpg" alt="" title="" width="122" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">As the <a href="http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">city of Santa Cruz</a> and local <a href="http://cruzio.com/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Internet service provider Cruzio</a> bring their negotiations to a close, the parties have been working diligently to dot all the <em>i's</em>and cross all the <em>t's</em>. <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/santa-cruz-fiber-project-cruzio" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Announced in June 2015</a>, this public private partnership intends to build a multi-million dollar fiber network throughout the city.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">According to Cruzio's <a href="http://cruzio.com/2016/04/look-going-santa-cruz-fiber-project-year/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">most recent blog update</a>:</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">[W]e’ve been locked away in our Santa Cruz Fiber Project underground bunker with our partners at the City, engaging in high-level cogitation, extreme fine-tuning and the general hashing out of every little detail of the project and the agreement.</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px">Local news station <a href="http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/faster-internet-speeds-to-help-businesses-in-santa-cruz/39859714" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">KION covered the benefits of faster Internet service</a>, especially for the small business community in Santa Cruz. The news station also includes a clip from a recent “<a href="http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/what-s-new/city-hall-to-you" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">City Hall to You</a>” community meeting where people learned more about the network.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses">... Read the Rest of the Story Here ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-4-accumulating-spillover-effects" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">The Tacoma Click Saga of 2015: Part 4: Accumulating Spillover Effects</a></h2><div class="" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-style:italic;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:18.004px"><span class="" style="font-size:0.9em">Tue, June 28, 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="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-4-accumulating-spillover-effects" 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 the last 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 4 highlights Click’s often unseen “spillover effects” on the City of Tacoma’s economy and telecom marketplace over the network’s nearly 2 decades in operation, contributions that Tacoma should expect to persist and even expand in the future.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><em>We published <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-3" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Part 3</a>, an analysis of why the municipal network is positioned to thrive in the years ahead within the modern telecommunications marketplace on June 21st. In <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Part 2</a>, published on June 7, we reviewed why Tacoma Public Utilities considered the possibility of leasing out all of the Click operations. On May 31, we published <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-1" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Part 1</a>, which reviewed the community's plans for the network.</em></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Part 4: Click’s Accumulating “Spillover Effects”</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Regardless of any impending changes with Tacoma Click’s operations, it’s clear that the network has and will continue to support and enhance the overall economic interests and the public good in the City of Tacoma. “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillover_effect" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Spillover effects</a>” - the benefits to the community that don’t show up clearly in any financial statements - tend to appear after communities developing their own municipal broadband networks.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">... <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-4-accumulating-spillover-effects">Read our Final Installment Here</a> ... <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2">Or Start at the Beginning 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/liberty-and-farm-internet-access" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Liberty and the Farm: Internet Access</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, July 02, 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/liberty-and-farm-internet-access" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/barn-flag.jpg" alt="" title="" width="83" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">This 4th of July weekend invites us to celebrate the accomplishments of our country. But, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/2016-broadband-progress-report" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">23 million people in rural areas</a> remain without high-speed Internet access.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">Rural areas cannot stay unconnected. Agriculture has become a high-tech endeavor, and high-speed Internet access is necessary. Cooperatives, those democratic institutions formed by rural farmers years ago, are becoming an answer.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The Founding Fathers considered rural communities the life-blood of the country. In 1785, Thomas Jefferson, <a href="http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/69" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">in a letter to John Jay</a>, stated that:</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">“[C]ultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. they are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, & they are tied to their country & wedded to it’s liberty & interests by the most lasting bands.”</p></blockquote><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/liberty-and-farm-internet-access">... Read More About Rural Connectivity and Independence ...</a><br><br></p></div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Saratoga Springs Launches Smart City Commission</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 30, 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/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-sarasota-springs-ny.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="122" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.saratoga-springs.org/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Saratoga Springs, New York </a>(pop. 5,600), has launched a Smart City Commission, whose mission is to enhance telecommunications and help the city become a leader in high-speed Internet service.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The startup of the Smart City Commission, which held its first meeting in March, comes as Saratoga Springs pursues becoming a model Intelligent Community. City leaders have determined that the best way to acheive Intelligent Community status, is to join <a href="http://nextcenturycities.org/about-ncc/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Next Century Cities </a>(NCC), and to adopt the organization's <a href="http://nextcenturycities.org/about-ncc/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">six guiding principles</a>:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding-left:2em"><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">High-speed Internet is necessary infrastructure.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">The Internet is nonpartisan.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">Communities must enjoy self-determination.</li></ol><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission">... Read the Rest of the Principles and More Information Here (borrowed from Next Century Cities) ...</a><br><br></p></div></div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Warren County, KY, RFI: Responses Due July 8th</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 27, 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/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/logo-warren-county-ky.png" alt="" title="" width="124" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.warrencountyky.gov/" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Warren County, Kentucky</a>, issued a <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?eid=b2YwMjlxYjFlMmMwM2gzMGg4dmF1OThqNTQgd2FycmVuY291bnR5Ymlkc0Bt&ctz=America/Chicago&sf=true&output=xml#eventpage_6" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Request for Information</a> (RFI) in June to find partners in order to improve connectivity for local businesses and residents. County officials want to develop a Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network and are willing to consider both publicly owned and privately owned options. RFI responses are <strong>due July 8th</strong>.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The community has prioritized the following in its RFI:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding-left:2em"><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">A community-wide FTTP work to serve both businesses and homes</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">An <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> model to encourage competition</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">A financially sustainable network</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 1em 20px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">A network that provides affordable base-level service for everyone</li></ol><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th">... More Details about the Warren County 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/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Bar Harbor Votes Down Funding For Study...This Time</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, July 01, 2016 | Posted by <a href="https://muninetworks.org/users/alexander" title="View user profile." style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">alexander</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/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time" class="" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none"><img src="https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/imagecache/teaser/seal-bar-harbor-me.png" alt="" title="" width="124" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px">On June 7th, Bar Harbor <a href="http://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/broadband-funds-cut-2" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">residents voted against funding</a> the first $50,000 of a $100,000 engineering study for a fiber network to connect municipal facilities. A contentious 47-57 vote at the annual town meeting erased the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) from the annual budget, postponing progress on potential publicly owned Internet infrastructure. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Decision Leaves Locals Stranded</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px">The town is still clinging to hopes that it can arrange a new agreement with incumbent provider Charter Communications, who owns the majority of fiber on Mount Desert Island, where the city is located. The <a class="" href="https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term12" 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 cable company wishing to provide television services in a community historically signed a franchise agreement with the municipal government.  The agreement would specify what the community would receive from the cable company in return for access to rights of way (such as telephone poles).  However, this arrangement has changed in many states recently, where states have preempted local control.  Cities now are not permitted to offer exclusive franchises.">franchise</cite></a> agreement, inherited by Charter Communications when it merged with Time Warner Cable, expired in 2014. Negotiations on a new agreement <a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-maine-studies-muni-fiber-replace-time-warner-cable-franchise" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">appeared to have stalled</a> when the incumbent wanted to begin charging the town access to its fiber. In the prior agreement, municipal use of fiber o municipal facilities was a service included without an additional fee.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time">... The Rest of the Story Here ...</a><br><br></p></div></div></div></div><div><h2 class="" style="line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none">Community Broadband Media Roundup - July 5</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, July 05, 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="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/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5" 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_14.png" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" class="" style="border: 0px;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>California</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://statescoop.com/bill-to-shift-how-california-funds-broadband-adoption-studies-projects-in-public-housing-moves-ahead?mc_cid=2e0c7199fe&mc_eid=2910c7b52b" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Bill to shift how Calif. manages broadaband fund moves ahead</a> by Alex Koma, StateScoop</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><strong>Connecticut</strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="http://www.courant.com/business/hc-utility-poles-broadband-20160624-story.html?mc_cid=c2f75e2462&mc_eid=2910c7b52b" style="color:rgb(121,80,37);text-decoration:none">Utility pole rules could help high-speed Internet access</a> by Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant</p><p style="margin:1em 0px"><a href="https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5">... Read the Rest of the Community Network Media Roundup Here ...</a></p></div></div><div><br></div></div>

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