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Craven County, North Carolina (pop. 95,000) is deploying a wireless broadband network that will initially connect five schools in rural areas. It will also be used for the police and fire departments. Recently, the county installed a fiber optic network but it does not reach all communities. As a result, they will also use wireless to connect those towns without fiber. Craven County has hired Windchannel to deploy the network.

Deploying wireless broadband networks makes sense in a lot of rural…

A proposal to make Asheville a “Wi-Fi City” made by the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) received unanimous endorsement last month from the Asheville City Council. MAIN has been providing Internet access to the Asheville community for several years now. One of the problems in the more rural areas of North Carolina is that many people have only dial-up connections. MAIN is trying to change that.

“I’m pleased that the City of Asheville has officially endorsed MAIN’s Wi-Fi City proposal”…

WinstonNet, Inc., the group attempting to launch free wireless Internet service in Winston-Salem, N. Carolina, announced this week that it is no longer negotiating with Azulstar, the service provider that was to deploy the network throughout the city and neighboring Forsyth County. According to Lynda Goff,  executive director of WinstonNet, Azulstar left the partnership early this year and the group has been talking with other vendors.

Azulstar was to have partnered with IBM and Cisco on the project. Sound familiar? The trio were also involved…

Phase: Deployed

Vendors: The Pilot Broadband

Coverage Area: City hotzones; Optimist Fields; downtown Aberdeen

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I thought these anti-muni broadband bills were a thing of the past, like platform shoes. Unfortunately they are back, like platform shoes. The latest one is from North Carolina, a state that has a vibrant tech industry. Those Who Hog The Pipes, the owners of communications infrastructure who want no competition, are behind this one and it’s time to drive a stake into the heart of this odious piece of legislation. The version of HB 1587 that passed the North…

North Carolina House Bill 1587 which throws high hurdles in front of municipalities wanting to provide high-speed Internet access and other communications services to residents, is headed for the state House Finance Committee.North Carolina’s House Bill 1587 which throws high hurdles in front of municipalities wanting to provide high-speed Internet access and other communications services to residents, is headed for the state’s House Finance Committee.

Randy Fraser, a lobbyist for Time Warner Cable, was quoted on the web site of North…