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Fiber by the Community
The story of B4RN and Annison shows the importance of local ownership for the creation of broadband networks in even the most remote of locations. It is a story that policy makers in the U.K and around the world should take note of as they as they draft legislation and promulgate rules to ensure broadband…
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A Different Way of Thinking
One of the comments made by independent operators at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit is that it was refreshing to hear different points of view. This point is touched upon in this interview with Hilda Legg, who was Co-Chair of the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. Legg also talks about the formation of various entities to…
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Igniting Broadband
A partnership to drive broadband adoption is how Sue Spradley described the purpose of U.S. Ignite. With the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, and the GENI Program Office as its catalyst, US Ignite is forming public and private partnerships to fulfill its mission. For instance, one of their…
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Building to Future Proof
Fiber to the Home is the ultimate way to future proof a network. In this interview, Ron Ellis of Rural Telephone and Vince Tyson of Plateau, describe the FTTH architectures they chose for their rural service areas. With wide service areas and the need to provide a plethora of services from residential to cell site…
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Broadband Perseverance Part 1
Joey Durel, Lafayette, LA City/Parish President, provides an update on their Fiber to the Home project in this video interview filmed at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. He sheds light on some of the applications that have grown out of having 1 Gigabit connections to schools and businesses, as we well as the 100 Mb/s…
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Sustainable Broadband
In this interview, filmed at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit, we caught up with Lawrence Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information NTIA United States Department of Commerce, Lawrence Strickling. Strickling faced Congressional critics Congress today as he discussed the progress and effectiveness of the NTIA’s stimulus efforts. In this brief interview, he discusses the next phase, which is…
