California

Lakeport looks to increase broadband infrastructure by Zack Jordan, Record-Bee

Colorado

Colorado town offers 1 Gbps for $60 after years of battling Comcast by Karl Bode, TechDirt

Georgia

In rural Georgia, access to broadband worse than data showed, Times Free Press 

Massachusetts 

Easthampton explores pathways for municipal Internet by Michael Connors, Daily Hampshire Gazette 

Though it wasn’t brought up at the meeting, Peake said the cities of Holyoke, Westfield and Greenfield had all reached out to the committee, expressing interest in a partnership. In a partnership, the other city could essentially provide and maintain the utility through an expansion of existing services and take a percentage of the overall revenue.

New York

State hearing to look at rural access to broadband Internet by Ellen Abbott, WRVO 

Texas

The digital redlining of Dallas by Doug Dawson, POTs and PANs 

Washington

Nisqually Tribe gets $50,000 to study possible broadband network for Yelm, Roy and McKenna, Nisqually Valley News 

West Virginia

Better community broadband: County Commission applies for service extension grant by Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Colorado 

Connexion launches broadband services, announces prices by Marshall Dunham, Collegian 

Municipal broadband wins and Comcast fails scoring 1Gbps Internet service for $60 per month by Brandon Hill, Hot Hardware

“The cruel irony of the digital divide” in Colorado: Urban poor are left behind even as access, technology improves by Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun

“Almost all (public) subsidies are going to households with zero access as opposed to households with zero money,” said Mitchell, who works on digital-divide issues. “The political dynamic is that there are no opponents to working on rural broadband. … If you start to look into investing in broadband for lower-income users, you make the cable companies nervous because it increases competition.”

Florida

With broadband, Lakeland must be wary of ‘experts’ by Katie Kienbaum, Herald-Tribune

Kentucky 

KentuckyWired broadband project completed in Eastern Kentucky, WYMT

Maine

Town of Oakland launches broadband survey to determine technological needs of community by Elaine Theriault-Currier, Bangor Daily News

Michigan

Manistee County awarded $13 M for rural broadband, Manistee News Advocate

Minnesota

Feeding innovation in greater Minnesota, broadband-powered technology discussions by Alison Durheim, KEYC...

Colorado

City of Boulder to construct new fiber backbone infrastructure, Broadband Communities Magazine

City to hold informative webinar for vendors regarding fiber broadband backbone project Aug. 29, City of Boulder 

Florida

Lakeland wants more time to study broadband by Sara-Megan Walsh, The Ledger 

Indiana

Broadband initiative extends into Southern Indiana, News and Tribune

Minnesota

County offers support for broadband expansion by Craig Moorhead, The Caledonia Argus

New York

Internet for all in New York City: The case for municipal broadband in the five boroughs by Chris Erikson, New York Daily News 

It’s time to shake up the system. Charter Spectrum’s franchise agreement that allows the company to operate in New York City is set to expire next year. And fortunately, there is an innovative alternative that could be a game changer for union members, businesses and consumers alike — Internet for All, a public option for broadband service.

North Carolina 

Broadband expansion bill clears North Carolina House panel FIBER Act would allow government investment by Kirk Ross, Carolina Public Press 

South Carolina

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Arkansas

Arkansas invests $25 million in rural broadband by Colin Wood, StateScoop

Colorado 

Greeley’s city broadband exploration starts to take physical shape by Cuyler Meade, Greeley Tribune

“There was definitely a message coming from our community that there were gaps in service availability across our city,” Reed-Harmel said. “We also did not have a lot of different options. There are only a couple providers here, and the competition is fairly limited, so for us, we felt there needed to be additional competition, more options in the marketplace. And then we had a commitment that certain parts of our community would not be left out of deployment.”

Boulder set to start construction on broadband fiber network core with council approval of $20M debt by Sam Lounsberry, Daily Camera 

Indiana

Broadband access coming to many rural Tippecanoe county homes, wlfi.com  

"We need Internet please," said Cody Janssen, who lives outside of Otterbein.

Massachusetts 

Easthampton City Council takes step toward municipal broadband service by Bera Dunau, Daily Hampshire Gazette 

Mississippi 

Northeast Mississippi electric power providers announce plans to provide broadband Internet service by Danny McArthur, Daily Journal

Electric power provider plans to offer Internet services to customers, WTVA 

New York 

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