Community Broadband Media Roundup - November 18

Arkansas

Leaders advocate for rural broadband service, Hot Springs Village Voice 

 

Colorado

As net neutrality repeal looms, Boulder takes closer look at city-owned broadband, Stock Daily Dish 

Colorado Edition: change of plans, KUNC

 

Connecticut

Victory over telecom industry gives Connecticut towns a way to provide their own faster, cheaper Internet service, Hartford Courant 

Barkhamsted to hold meeting on broadband Internet service, NewsTimes

 

Indiana

Local leaders urge broadband for rural areas by Jordan Fouts, Elkhart Truth

 

Iowa

Cedar Falls Utilities broadband Internet is expected to get faster soon by Andrew Wind, The Courier

 

Massachusetts

City-run Internet service? Here’s how it would work in Quincy by Mary Whitfill, Patriot-Ledger

 

Michigan

Partnership aims to improve high-speed Internet access in northeast Michigan, Gaylord Herald Times 

 

Ohio

County working to improve Internet access by Autumn Hughes, Cleveland Daily Banner 

 

Virginia

Alexandria invites bids for construction of fiber network by Vernon Miles, ALXNow

Mecklenburg Electric awarded $3.8 million for broadband expansion, Southside Messenger

 

General

Bringing high-performance broadband to rural America by Jon Sallet, Benton Institute

Municipal districts: The fix for what ails rural Internet? By Jed Pressgrove, GovTech

Michigan’s MERIT Network: Connectivity to and through community anchors by Jon Sallet, Benton Institute

How the FCC solves consumer problems—well, it doesn’t, really by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica

State leaders, experts sort through federal broadband bills by Jed Pressgrove, GovTech

Cities and states take up battle for open Internet, EfficientGov