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Community Broadband Media Roundup - June 24
Alabama
Government grant will help provide broadband access to Coosa County residents by Sean Ross, Yellowhammer News
Connecticut
Legislature offers no clear path for municipal broadband advocates by Matt Pilon, Hartford Business
Florida
Gainesville City Commission votes to seek help and more information on broadband options by Joseph Hastings, WUFT
Indiana
State, regional leaders talk broadband in Monroe County, Ind. by Ernest Rollins, The Herald-Times
Kentucky
Kentucky deploying 'armored' Internet fiber to fend off hungry squirrels by Karl Bode, VICE
Massachusetts
Lowell eyes new broadband network by Elizabeth Dobbins, Lowell Sun
In a presentation to the subcommittee, Bradshaw said the city could use the network to secure connections between city facilities, introduce WiFi zones, connect cameras to provide security and traffic management, introduce "eHealth" to ensure more patients can be managed from home, use "eLearning" to improve access to education and reduce snow days, run community outreach kiosks or utilize ground sensors to streamline maintenance.
Michigan
Traverse City, MI braves the wrath of telcoms lobbyists, pushes ahead with municipal fiber network by Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing
New Hampshire
New Hampshire towns still struggle to lure broadband by Liisa Rajala, NH Business Review
Ohio
Council to consider budget amendments by Thomas Robertson, Zanesville Times Recorder
Tennessee
Rural Americans in need of better Internet services by Miguel Marquez, SiouxlandProud.com
Utah
American Fork looks to build $25 million broadband infrastructure by Carley Porter Daily Herald
“One of the things we’ve seen is that a large majority of our citizens either work from home part-time, full-time, or would work from home if they had connectivity,” Bunker said. “And so part of what we’re seeing as the growth is the need for this service so our (residents) can actually do work from their place of residency.”
Vermont
Broadband crucial to Vermont's future by Tim Briglin, Vermont Business Magazine
Virginia
City of Radford and Montgomery Co. survey residents to expand broadband, WDBJ7
Wyoming
Union expands fiber-optic broadband in Sublette, Sweetwater, and Lincoln Counties, SweetwaterNow
General
Why we can't forget cost when discussing broadband mapping by Amir Nasr, New America
The latest FCC plan to boost US broadband? Prevent competition in apartment blocks by Kieren McCarthy, The Register
Broadband Roundup: 5G needs fiber, Anchorage wireless project and budgeting for broadband in Fort Collins by Masha Abarinova, Broadband Breakfast
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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
Arkansas