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Tullahoma Community Fiber Network Brings Jobs to Tennessee
Tullahoma's LightTUBe FTTH network, owned and operated by the Tullahoma Utilities Board, has attracted J2 Software Solutions to locate its headquarters in town [PDF].
Oregon Town To Build Open Access Fiber Network Complement to Wireless Network
Sandy, a growing community of about 10,000 outside Portland in Oregon, is now building a FTTH network to expand on their successes offering city-run wireless broadband in 2003.
AT&T CEO Admits DSL is Obsolete
In a Q&A following a speech at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, AT&T CEO Randal Stephenson candidly called DSL obsolete.
Maryland County Builds Wireless Network on Fiber Stimulus Project
Harford County, in northeast Maryland, is planning to bond for an $8 million wireless network to service local government, public safety, education, health care, and both commercial and residential needs.
The Real Impact of the AT&T&T-Mobile Merger Isn't Funny
But that doesn't mean we can't use humor to illustrate the very serious impact of more consolidation in the mobile market! Check out four short commercials prepared by Free Press and vote on your favorite. Our favorites are below.
Preserve Unlicensed Spectrum - White Spaces At Risk
If the future is wireless, we have to preserve unlicensed spaces. To explain: most wireless stuff uses licensed spectrum - where only a single entity has permission from the FCC to use a specific wavelength of spectrum.
More Consolidation, Fewer Jobs, No Duh
We watch in frustration as the federal government, dressed as Charlie Brown asks AT&T, wearing Lucy's blue dress and smiling brightly, if she really will hold the football properly this time. "Oh yes, Charlie, this time I really will create all those jobs if you let us buy T-Mobile," says AT&T Lucy.
North Carolina and Broadband as Infrastructure
We dedicated a lot of coverage to Time Warner Cable's purchasing legislation to handicap communities from building competitive networks.
Longmont Considers Second Vote on Community Fiber Network
Colorado requires a referendum before a local government can build a broadband network as a result of a 2005 law pushed by Qwest to prevent communities from building next-generation networks.
Need Cloud Services like Online Backup? Steer Clear of Comcast
The net is buzzing about Comcast's data caps after a Seattle resident ran afoul of them.
Community Networks Provide Cable/Broadband Competition That is Otherwise Unlikely
You can also read this story over at the Huffington Post.
How can it be that the big companies who deliver some of the most important services in our modern lives (access to the Internet, television) rank at the
Syracuse Community Broadband Initiative Changes Name
The folks in Syracuse who are organizing for a community-owned network have changed their name from the Syracuse Municipal Broadband Initiative to Syracuse Community Broadband Initiative: