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StateScoop Covers Verizon's Attempt to Preempt State Internet Privacy Laws
StateScoop - October 31, 2017
Verizon asks FCC to preempt states on Internet privacy
Written by Colin Wood
Halloween 2017: Haunted By Messages From The Past
What monster makes you tremble? Chills you to the core? Sends shivers through your soul? Could it be…the Monopoly Monster? Count Comcast? The Mummy from the Last CenturyLink?
Community Broadband Media Roundup- October 30
Alabama
Could 'citizen-owned' internet service come to Montgomery? By Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
California
Commenting On FCC Proceedings At ILSR
This fall, nonprofits and other organizations with an interest in constructive broadband policy have worked to help the new administration’s FCC through the public comment process. We’ve let readers know about opportunities to share their thoughts with the Commission and we’ve submitted comments separately and with other likeminded groups.
Visualization: Fiber In The Blue Grass State
From the rolling Appalachian Mountains to bustling city streets, Kentucky has it all, including gigabit (1,000 Mbps) service from Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks. That’s right, Kentucky - the state that is often used as shorthand in America politics to talk about coal country and poverty - actually has some of the fastest, most reliable Internet service in the entire country.
Asotin County Aims to Finance Fiber
Washington’s Asotin County Board of Commissioners and the City of Clarkston are prioritizing a 2018 budget proposal that will fund connecting to an existing fiber optic network.
Building Into the Future
Big Money, Lies: Incumbents Try To Confuse Fort Collins Voters
With their back against the wall, Comcast is pulling out it’s well manicured, sharp claws in Fort Collins, Colorado. Voters will be asked to approve measure 2B on November 7th, which would allow the city to take steps toward establishing their own municipal telecommunications utility.
Press Release: Cable Association Spends Big Cash in Local Colorado Ballot Referendum on Municipal Broadband
Date: October 25th, 2017
Webinar On CAF From SHLB: October 26th, 11 a.m. ET
We’ve written about the Connect America Fund (CAF) on multiple occasions and recently alerted interested MuniNetworks.org readers to the FCC’s ongoing efforts to re-examine the CAF Phase II Auction procedures.
Atlanta November 7 - 9: Broadband Communities Conference Almost Here
There’s still time to register and make your plans to attend the Fiber for the New Economy: Economic Development Conference presented by Broadband Communities Magazine.
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 connectivity in both urban and rural communities.
Community Broadband Media Roundup- October 23
California
San Francisco moving closer to building a city-owned Internet network By Dominic Fracassa, SF Gate
Colorado