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Sibley County Discusses Rural Fiber-to-the-Farm
Last night, I drove down to Winthrop (Sibley County) and then Fairfax (Renville County) to get a better sense of their discussions around next-generation broadband networks (originally covered here)....
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Update from Lake County Fiber Project (Minnesota)
New Update:Mediacom has invented language in the Joint Power Agreement and threatened the Mayors of Silver Bay and Two Harbors. Let's see how dirty Mediacom will get to prevent competition. Lake...
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Mediacom Falsely Accuses Lake County Communities of False Statements
In a situation similar to the Frontier letters to Sibley we published last week, the cable company Mediacom has sent letters to Silver Bay and Two Harbors in Lake County to scare them into abandoning...
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Too few posts on the blog this week - apologies. But I want to make sure readers saw that the bill to strip North Carolina communities of the right to build broadband networks is no longer being fast...
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Minnesota Cable Companies Fight to Stop Rural Lake County From Getting Broadband
Lake County's County-wide FTTH network has encountered more than its fair share of troubles but residents are excited at the prospect of having broadband access to the Internet. While some of its...
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TonkaConnect Initiative Shelved, More Education Needed
The TonkaConnect project of the Lake Minnetonka Cable Commission, comprising many suburbs west of Minneapolis, is going to pause after some of the city councilmembers of communities within the project...
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PUC Gives Lake Communications Authority to Offer Broadband on Minnesota North...
When last we looked in on the Lake County FTTH project connecting rural areas north of Lake Superior, the County had just ditched its original management team and Mediacom started trying to derail the...
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New Year, Same Lame Cable and DSL Monopolies
It's a new year, but most of us are still stuck with the same old DSL and cable monopolies. Though many communities have built their own networks to create competition and numerous other benefits,...
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In Iowa, Indianola Networks Helps Local Businesses
The latest addition to our Community Broadband Network Map is Indianola, Iowa. The Indianola Municipal Utilities own a network that a private partner, MCG, presently uses to offer services to...
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New Minnesota Networks Face Tough Challenges
MPR News recently ran two stories on the trials and tribulations of new and prospective broadband networks. Conrad Wilson's story about the continuing Monticello drama and Jennifer Vogel's account of...
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Mediacom Continues Obstructing Rural Broadband Rollout in Lake County Minnesota
Of all the broadband stimulus projects, the Lake County FTTH network in Minnesota has been one of the most embattled in the nation (possibly only behind AT&T's attacks on South Carolina...
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Mediacom Says it Will Not Sue Lake County, Minnesota
In Star Tribunecoverage of Mediacom's war against real broadband in rural Minnesota, we learn that Mediacom will not sue Lake County to disrupt its plan to serve thousands of unserved residents and...
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Pole Issue Means More Delay For Lake County Project
Lake County, a rural area on the north side of Minnesota's portion of Lake Superior, has long suffered with just dial up and satellite, with slow cable connections available in some of the towns. After...
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Lake County Project Moves Forward Despite Delays
After many delays, Lake County is now in the process of hanging in fiber for its extensive fiber optic network project called Lake Connections. A recent report from WDIO.com in Duluth reminds us that...
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Waverly, Iowa: Community Fiber Network Possible Twelve Years After Vote
The Waverly City Council in Iowa recently voted 5-2 to establish a communications utility and to move ahead with a feasibility study. We spoke with Diane Johnston, Waverly Light and Power (WLP) General...
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As Emmetsburg Plans to Vote on Muni Network, Mediacom Misinforms
The Iowa community of 4,000 will take up Public Measure D on November 5th. Voters will decided whether to approve a $3.5 million bond issue to cover approximately half the cost to build a FTTH system....
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A Look at Mediacom Propaganda in Emmetsburg, Iowa
Earlier this month, a majority of voters in Emmetsburg supported a proposal to issue bonds to build a fiber network. Nevertheless, the measure failed because Iowa requires a 60% majority when general...
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Auburn Essential Services; A Workhorse in Northeast Indiana Saves Jobs,...
In 1985, Auburn Electric became one of the first communities in the midwest to deploy fiber. At the time, the purpose was to improve electric and voice systems substation communications within the...
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Multiple Minnesota Projects Submit "Expressions of Interest" to FCC
We reported in February that the FCC sought "expressions of interest" from entities that want a share of Connect America funds. The agency sought feedback on the need and desire for projects across the...
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Davenport, Iowa, Releases RFP for Feasibility Study
Davenport recently issued an RFP, hoping to hire a vendor to complete a feasibility study. The community wants to learn more about connectivity options that build on its current fiber assets.According...
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