Just a year after city leaders of Superior, Wisconsin passed a resolution declaring fiber optic cabling critical infrastructure, officials are beginning to put the city’s money behind an action plan. In August, a majority of City Council members voted to adopt a plan to develop a city-owned fiber network and Superior Mayor Jim Paine proposed to reserve the bulk of the city’s American Rescue Plan federal relief funds to back the project.
Building Connections and Capacity in Indian Country at the First Tribal Wireless Bootcamp
Earlier this summer, a small group of people gathered in the southern California desert for the first Tribal Wireless Bootcamp. Organized by a loose collection of people with a long history of building and encouraging nontraditional broadband networks, the focus was on building, maintaining, and troubleshooting wireless networks in Indian Country. Ultimately, we achieved the multiple objectives set out from the beginning - to share strategies on building physical networks while actually building a social support network for this work that would endure after the weekend ended.
Ponca City, Oklahoma's Fiber-to-the-Home Network Reaches Construction Milestone
Ponca City, Oklahoma continues to make strides on its municipal fiber-to-the-home network build, gaining steam as it eyes a completion date in late 2022. The project, which left its pilot phase two years ago in July, has passed the halfway point of a build which will see more than 400 miles of new fiber pulled to provide future-proof, affordable, locally accountable Internet access to residents, businesses, government facilities, and community anchor institutions for decades to come.
Amidst Fire Season, Chico, California Devotes Relief Funds to Improve Citywide Communications
During fire season in Northern California, relaying critical emergency information with speed is paramount. It’s equally important for citizens to get timely information on the course of wildfires, receive evacuation orders, and be able to connect with friends and family. Living in that reality is one of the driving reasons the Chico City Council recently voted to earmark $5 million of the city’s $22 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to research and implement a plan to improve citywide Internet access.
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