“Communities across the nation know that access to robust broadband is key to their economic future – and the future of their citizens. Many communities have found that existing private-sector broadband deployment or investment fails to meet their needs. They should be able to make their own decisions about building the networks they need to thrive. After looking carefully at petitions by two community broadband providers asking the FCC to preempt provisions of state laws preventing expansion of their very successful networks, I recommend approval by the Commission so that these two forward-thinking cities can serve the many citizens clamoring for a better broadband future.”
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-331805A1.pdf
http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/
Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham.
As of January 27, Google fiber is coming 18 cities across four new metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham. This is a game changer for North Carolina. This will absolutely increase innovation in the state. Unfortunately, it reinforces the significant advantages the primary urban cities have against rural NC (and by ‘rural’ I’m referring to anything outside the triangle of Raleigh – Winston-Salem – Charlotte). So while we should celebrate this decision. We need to look now to determine how to benefit the rest of the state such that everyone wins.
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1211/DOC-330989A1.pdf
Rural Consumers Must Receive Broadband Delivering At Least 10 Mbps Downloads, 1 Mbps Uploads from Providers Who Benefit from Connect America Support
Broadband for rural consumers that is supported by the Connect America Fund must deliver the same speeds that 99% of urban Americans enjoy, the Federal Communications Commission said in an Order adopted December 11, 2014.
The ERC is very thankful. And, it’s not to do with this time of year. We are thankful for each of you – our customers, our partners, our vendors, our subcontractors, our advisors, our friends. By working with us, each of you help us succeed. The ERC has long touted itself as a community network. Like the Internet, ERC Broadband is comprised of all our connections throughout communities across western North Carolina. Each connection we make, each extension of the network infrastructure, each new drop enables us to serve you – the communities in which we work – better.
For this and so much more, please accept this brief note as a heartfelt ‘thank you’.
-Hunter Goosmann
http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/cleveland-lights-up-internet-highway
The 100-gigabit network will provide the fastest commercial internet capacity in the nation, according to the city. It will be operational next year in a slice of Cleveland that stretches from the Global Health Innovation Center downtown to Case Western Reserve University. Those involved say it’ll put Cleveland in a unique position to serve the health and technology sector and attract new business.