Alaska
Feds offer $1 billion to improve broadband access in rural, remote Alaskan communities by Tim Ellis, KUAC
Colorado
High-speed Internet in Silverton pulls mining village out of digital desert by Jason Blevins, Denver Post
City evaluating options for broadband service by Mike Beckstead, The Coloradoan
Longmont power to ask for $7M budget boost for NextLight project by Karen Antonacci, Longmont Times Call
Kentucky
City moving forward broadband plan by Andrew Adkins, Ashland Daily Independent
North Carolina
Greenlight likely to disconnect Pinetops by Brie Handgraaf, The Wilson Times
Officials said the city attorney is expected to discuss the city’s options with council members following an August ruling by the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that barred the city from expanding high-speed internet service beyond the county borders. The Federal Communications Commission supported the expansion of Greenlight Community Broadband into Pinetops, but the court determined the commission didn’t have the authority to supersede a state law limiting municipal services areas.
Tennessee
Bledsoe Telephone Co-op adds Gig service in Sequatchie Valley by Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Washington
Seattle City Council expected to add municipal broadband to long-term master plan by Monica Nickelsburg, GeekWire
General
Legislation would eliminate state laws that restrict city Internet services by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica
AT&T finally offers low-income users affordable Internet access after using loophole to deny them by AJ Dellinger, Daily Dot
America needs a public option for the Internet by Ryan Cooper, The Week
And just like in Johnson's day, rural America is being left out, because private industry prizes profits over breadth and quality of service. That's why the government must step in with anti-trust regulation and a public option for internet.
Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps "unreasonable" by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica
The Congressional bill that would save community broadband networks nationwide by Sam Gustin, Motherboard Vice
House Dem. puts forward bill to protect municipal broadband networks from state laws by Alex Koma, StateScoop
Who is getting left behind in the Internet revolution? by John Bohannon, Science Magazine
This bill could stop protectionist state broadband laws, but ISP control over Congress means it won't pass by Karl Bode, TechDirt