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Proactively Promoting “Greenlining”
Those with concerns about the potential for redlining as Google builds its fiber networks, should listen to this interview with KC Digital Drive’s Managing Director, Aaron Deacon. KC Digital Drive is public-private partnership that was a vision of the respective mayors of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. The intent of the organization is to…
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Community at the Broadband Communities 2012
Community is the recurring theme from the many interviews filmed at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. It is clear from those who are leading the way, that broadband is more than a high-speed connection. The above video provides highlights from a sample of the dozens of speakers at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. These speakers…
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Jim Baller on Economic Development at 2012 Broadband Communities Summit
Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst law firm discusses economic development and the track that focuses on that topic at the 2012 Broadband Communities Summit. As he explains, there isn’t a cookie cutter approach to economic development. He suggests broadband is still in the early stages and is in in a similar place to what…
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The Heart of Wisconsin
“Building business from within,” is part the strategy that the Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce uses to attract and grow jobs within its region, so says Melissa Loken, president of the Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Like many successful economic development entities, the Heart of Wisconsin has a regional focus, as opposed to…
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A World Class Mid-Mile
“We were way behind when it came to telecommunications,” said Michael Manilowski of Executive Director Ontario County (N.Y.) Office of Economic Development. Manilowski explained the fragmented broadband network his county had when they evaluated how their region compared to other areas. As a result, they constructed an open access, mid-mile network that telecommunications’ providers, such as cable…
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Donut Holes In The Land of Lincoln
After the dust settles on the transition from a POTS-centric, USF/Intercarrier Compensation to a broadband-centric/Connect America Fund approach for rural telecom, will the traditional definition of an incumbent still be valid? That is, if an entity other than the incumbent telco is already supplying broadband to a given area, should that entity be considered the…
