Colorado
Breckenridge to vote on broadband ballot measure by Kailyn Lamb, Summit Daily News
Massachusetts
Wellesley Municipal Light Plant seeking commercial customers to test broadband Internet service by The Swellesley Report
Broadband coming to Ashfield by Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
New York
Gigabit Internet: 5 things to know by Jordan Fenster, Lohud Journal News
Gigabit: Why Westchester and not the Big Apple? by Avram A. Billig & Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Lohud Journal News
Beneath the dense metropolis of New York City is a "rat's nest" of utility wires, according to Christopher Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Digging around these wires to install new cables is both costly and could lead to unintended outages. "If you're Verizon, there's a big incentive to have this kind of rat's nest because you already have your space," said Mitchell. Less densely packed communities are able to cut costs dramatically by using utility poles, which Mitchell cites as being around 10 times cheaper than digging.
North Carolina
Public housing broadband coming to North Carolina community by Olivia Neeley, GovTech
Pinetops loses high-speed Internet by Lindell John Kay, Rocky Mount Telegram
High-speed internet could have jump started Pinetops’ real estate market, Carmon said, adding that with homes valued around $78,000 and the option of faster internet speeds, Pinetops could have become a bedroom community for nearby Greenville. The town could have offered low-cost, affordable housing to city professionals like doctors and lawyers.
Oklahoma
City approves $18,000 fiber survey by Melinda Stotts, Miami News-Record
Internet service sometimes shaky in rural communities by Rachael Van Horn, Woodward News
Tennessee
EPB says pubic demand will help change muni broadband laws by Sean Buckley, FierceTelecom
EPB says that while it is still limited by Tennessee law to selling 1 GbpsFTTH service within its defined borders, the municipal fiber provider for Chattanooga is confident that growing demand for higher speed broadband could drive a change to current legislation.
Despite the legal barrier, the service provider continues to get requests from nearby towns to get their broadband service.
Weak broadband access slows rural Tennessee's economy by Jamie McGee, The Tennessean
What's the best way to demonstrate high-speed Internet? Rock and roll by Dave Flessner and Tim Omarzu, GovTech
General
FCC proposal: Internet providers must ask to share your data by Tali Arbel, Seattle Times
Making the most of wireless Internet access by Todd O'Boyle, Medium
Yesterday's Internet isn't good enough for tomorrow's cities by Carly Berwick, NextCity
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