Community Broadband Media Roundup - August 13

California

How Silicon Valley can use community input to bridge the big broadband gap by Mohammad Shakouri and Jon Walton, Silicon Valley Business Journal

 

Georgia

The promise and reality of Google Fiber by Jim Burress, Marketplace

 

Iowa

Williamsburg plans Aug. 14 community meeting by Brian Rathjen, Iowa City Press-Citizen

 

Kentucky

Leaders define top priorities for Paducah’s strategic plan by Chris Yu, WPSD Local 6 

 

Maine

SandfordNet Fiber broadband project has started by Tammy Wells, Journal Times 

 

Montana

Narrowing the rural school digital divide by Myers Reece, Flathead Beacon 

 

 

New York

Charter Communications fallout: State regulators urged to tread lightly by Daniel Axelrod, Times Herald-Record

Charter Spectrum has less than two months to find new service provider for customers, Binghamton Homepage 

 

North Carolina

Officials seek RFP for broadband expansion by Cliff Bellamy, The Daily Dispatch 

 

Pennsylvania

State official brings promise of broadband funds to Potter County by Kate Day Sager, The Bradford Era 

“Access to broadband opens the lines of communication in many ways,” Gov. Wolf said in a written statement. “By bringing faster internet service to rural Pennsylvania, we are supporting current residents and existing industry and doing a lot to attract people and businesses to the region.”

 

Vermont 

How’s your internet service? Alamance County wants to know, Times-News

 

Virginia

Portsmouth takes next steps to become a smart city, by City of Portsmouth, Va., PR Newswire

Broadening broadband by Peter J. Teagle, Gloucester Mathews Gazette-Journal

 

Washington

Rural ISP director says report gives false impression by Tim Marema, The Daily Yonder

 

West Virginia

Using Microsoft Grant Money, Company Plots Broadband Expansion in Rural West Virginia by Max Garland, GovTech

 

General 

Report Highlights How U.S. Telcos Abandoned Rural American Broadband by Karl Bode, TechDirt 

A Super-Fast, Super-Connected Wireless Future Requires a Balanced Spectrum Policy by Rob Alderfer, Morning Consult

Study: China outspent US by $24 billion in 5G infrastructure since 2015 by Jason Plautz, Smart Cities Dive

Yep, cable companies still suck by Chris Mills, BGR

People still don’t like their cable companies, CR’s latest telecom survey finds by James K. Wilcox, Consumer Reports 

Top-rated EPB, a municipal broadband service run as a public utility in Chattanooga, Tenn., was one of the few bright spots for internet service. It was the only company to receive a top mark for value. It also got top marks for speed and reliability.

Using USDA’s new $600 million by Doug Dawson, POTs and PANs