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Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning: Webcast Archive Available
On February 27, the New America Foundation presented the live webcast, "Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning: A Vision for a 21st Century E-rate Program."The webcast addressing the...
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Education Week Shines Light on Rural Schools' Plight
A recent series of in-depth articles from Education Week brings to light a persistent aspect of the digital divide: the lack of fast, affordable, reliable connectivity in rural schools. Throughout the...
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I-Net Beginning to Blossom in Greenfield, WI
Greenfield city officials and school administrators recently agreed to cooperatively build a fiber-opticinstitutional network (I-Net). The Milwaukee suburb of about 37,000 expects to trim thousands of...
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Lake Oswego Schools Opting For Dark Fiber
Lake Oswego School District (LOSD) in Oregon is set to make an investment that will save up to $301,000 per year in telecommunications costs - its own dark fiber network.To Lease Or To Own? There Is No...
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Feds Are Fed Up With AT&T's Lame Excuse For Abusing E-rate
In late July, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) in which it found the telecommunications giant AT&T Southeast liable for a $106,425 forfeiture. The agency also ordered the...
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Missoula Schools Set To Save With Self-Provisioning
The Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) plans to save $150,000 per year by investing in its own fiber infrastructure. Over a 20-year period school officials expect to save approximately $3...
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Grand Island, NY, Looking At Publicly Owned Fiber
When a community is plagued with poor connectivity, it impacts residents, businesses, schools, and government. Several entities within a community sometimes band together to explore solutions. In Grand...
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Pie (Pai?) for Broadband Monopolies Video From Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge recently released a video on changes in the new administration’s FCC policies. One by one, progress made during the last eight years is being sliced up and doled out to the detriment...
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Orange County And Its Schools Work For Fiber In Virginia
With a growing need for fast, affordable, reliable connectivity, an increasing number of schools are constructing fiber optic infrastructure to serve their facilities. In some cases, they partner with...
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Cooperatives Cooperating For Better Wisconsin Connectivity
Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC) and local communications cooperative Citizens Connected are joining forces to improve Internet access in rural northern Wisconsin.Collaborating For...
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KentuckyWired: Partners, Poles, Problems Plague Project
With the best intentions, Kentucky announced in late 2014 that it would build out a statewide open access fiber optic network to at least one location in each county to encourage high-quality...
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Schools In Janesville, Wisconsin, To Save Big With Fiber Network
As schools across the country look at their budgets, Janesville, Wisconsin, has decided to cut their future expenses with a fiber optic investment. This spring, the district will use E-rate funding to...
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Ely, Minnesota, Considering Pilots To Answer Big Demand For Better Connectivity
Last fall, the northern Minnesota community of Ely took up a feasibility study to determine the possibilities of better connectivity with publicly owned Internet infrastructure. They also wanted to...
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KentuckyWired: Statewide P3 Project Difficulties Drag On, Multiply
The fifth anniversary of the announcement of the KentuckyWired project is approaching later this year. As voters start to assess their candidates’ job performance, the unfinished and over budget middle...
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New Report Shows How Two Tribal Networks in New Mexico Brought Faster Speeds...
A new report out by the American Library Association shows how community anchor institutions — and libraries in particular — can serve as central players in expanding tribal connectivity efforts around...
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