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Sandpoint Sends Out RFP : Responses Due June 16
Sandpoint, Idaho, located in the state’s panhandle, is likely to
Video: Break the Chains, Build Local Power
Since our founding in 1974, we have worked to rewrite the rules and empower communities to choose their own future. Across several vital economic sectors, we help break the corporate stranglehold that extracts wealth from local economies and undermines democracy.
MuniNetworks.org Adds TLS for Secure Connections
As part of the ongoing effort to build a more secure Internet, led in part by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, MuniNetworks.org is now using TLS to encrypt all of our content.
South Bay Workforce Investment Board Accepting Master Plan RFP Submissions
The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) is now accepting submissions from firms interested in developing a Fiber Optic Master Plan for the organization. Interested organizations need to act quickly, however, as the submission deadline is tomorrow, June 1st, 2016, 5:00 p.m. (PST).
Decentralized Web Summit, June 8 - 9, San Francisco
The Decentralized Web Summit: Locking the Web Open will happen on June 8th and 9th at Internet Archive in San Francisco. The event will be live streamed if you can’t attend in person.
The event is a discussion of the future of the web. From the Summit website:
The Tacoma Click Saga of 2015: Part 1
This is Part 1 in a four part series about the Click network in Tacoma, Washington, where city leaders spent most of 2015 considering a plan to lease out all operations of this municipal network to a private company. Part 1 explains Tacoma's plans for Click's immediate future.
Part 1: Tacoma Votes to Explore Keeping Click!
Idaho Falls Thinks Ahead With Circa Network
Businesses in Idaho Falls have access to the city’s municipal fiber network, Circa, but now the city council is considering how to bring better connectivity to residents.
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Stark County, Ohio, Hires Consultant For Feasibility Study
Longtime efforts by community leaders in Stark County, Ohio, to create a new countywide Internet network have recently taken important steps forward.
Local Support Is Strong
Push Poll And Passion: Network Will Expand in Roanoke County
The Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority (RVBA) network is live in Virginia, and the state’s cable-telco lobby is not happy.
MPLS Park Board Obstructing FTTH: More Coverage
After our article earlier this month on US Internet’s problems obtaining permission to install conduit under Minneapolis Park Board boulevard property, several other articles appeared in local media.
Missouri HB 2078 Fails: Post Mortem Play-By-Play
Since we alerted our audience to the shenanigans surrounding Missouri’s HB 2078, a couple of other news medias have picked up the story and reported on the dramatic end of session climax.