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Community Broadband Media Roundup - May 20
Alabama
State Sen. Clay Scofield: Survival of rural Alabama depends on broadband expansion by Tim Howe, Yellowhammer News
Arkansas
What a broadband preemption victory in Arkansas means for rural cities by Spencer Wagner, CitiesSpeak
Arkansas plans to deploy broadband statewide by 2022 by Ryan Johnston, StateScoop
California
AT&T and San Jose, CA reach agreement on smart cities tech, digital divide funding by Jason Plautz, Smart Cities Dive
Inside the war over 5G equipment in northern California by Sarah Holder, Pacific Standard
Colorado
With trips east, Loveland looks to other cities’ expertise on building broadband network by Julia Rentsch, Reporter Herald
Idaho
Next Century Cities highlights state action for broadband, co-sponsors broadband conference in Idaho by Drew Clark, Broadband Breakfast
Indiana
Community forms task force to increase broadband access by Kraig Younts, Rushville Republican
“This is not something a community accomplishes overnight,” co-chair of the Rush County Connect Broadband Task Force Mark McCorkle said. “It will take considerable time and effort to accomplish our goal of affordable, adequate and reliable internet access to every home and business in Rush County. By working together we can get there.”
Maine
Telecom group launches survey to gauge Mainers’ broadband priorities by J. Craig Anderson, Press Herald
Broadband committee starting to look ahead by Lars Trodson, Block Island Times
Michigan
Farmington, Farmington Hills consider building broadband network by Shelby Tankersley, Hometownlife.com
Missouri
2019 promising year for rural broadband in Missouri by Dan Claxton, KRCG
North Carolina
State is stepping in to help bridge the digital homework gap by Mandy Mitchell, WRAL
Will North Carolina dig its teeth into teledentistry? By Anne Blythe, North Carolina Health News
Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Wolf summons army of municipal leaders to show support for his Restore Pa. plan by Jan Murphy, PennLive
The Digital Literacy Alliance wants to lessen the digital divide in advance of Census 2020 by Tom Beck, Technical.ly Philly
Texas
'You're doing this to allow your communities to survive:' Rural electric co-ops on broadband by Paul Flahive, Texas Public Radio
Vermont
Scrambling for broadband in rural Vermont by Katherine Sims, VTDigger
The big leaps in service lately across the state have come from communities banding together, like EC Fiber in the Upper Valley, or partnering with small providers. In Craftsbury, where I live, the town received federal grants to build its own 13-mile fiber network, which it leased last year to Kingdom Fiber, a locally owned company that is starting to hook up customers. The percentage of buildings in town with access to true broadband speeds went from 8% to almost half.
Washington
Washington will create a statewide broadband office to expand Internet access by Monica Nickelsburg, GeekWire
General
Telecom, cable groups push rival plans on FCC broadband mapping by Jon Reid, Bloomberg Law
“The biggest consequence is when an area is considered served because they lose access to funding,” Christopher Ali, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, said. “That is hugely problematic when one building in a community has quote-unquote broadband, and the rest don’t.”
Broadband infrastructure should be a national priority for policymakers by Anne Stauffer and Kathryn De Wit, The Hill
Communities are fighting 5G, permit by permit by Sarah Holder, CityLab
Tribes across country push for better Internet access by Felicia Fonseca, Seattle Times
Opinion: Flawed data keeps rural America on the wrong side of the digital divide by Zippy Duvall, Successful Farming
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Colorado
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Louisiana
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California
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Arizona
Mohave Electric Cooperative moves forward to build fiber optic network in partnership with TWN Communications, Cision PR Newswire
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