Edward Markey, the new chair of the U.S. House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet intends to shake up debate on issues like network neutrality, media mergers, and municipal broadband.Edward Markey, the new chair of the U.S. House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet intends to shake up debate on issues like network neutrality, media [...]

One of the technology consultants working on a broadband plan for the town of Orick in California redwood country recommends a strategy for other communities planning broadband networks.The town of Orick, California, tucked among the redwood forests of northern California, is studying implementation of a public broadband network. Tina Nerat, a board member of the [...]

AT&T has negotiated a muni-wireless deployment with Napa, Calif., a city that floated no tender inviting other proposals. The company is also negotiating with St. Louis where there is also no public tender. Is this becoming a trend?This week the city of Napa, California, announced it reached an agreement with AT&T on plans to build [...]

“Public broadband” is very different from private ownership of municipal networks, argues Becca Vargo Daggett in a column that takes on Civitium and MuniWireless.com.”Public broadband” is very different from private ownership of municipal networks, argues Becca Vargo Daggett of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, in a column that takes on Greg Richardson’s lament over the [...]

The province of Saskatchewan plans to create a free wireless network in its four largest cities to promote business travel to the province.The province of Saskatchewan plans to create a wireless network to provide free Internet access to residents and visitors to downtown neighborhoods and institutions of higher education in its four largest cities, as [...]