SOUTH PORTLAND – Parts of the city are about to gain access to super-fast Internet. Biddeford-based Internet service provider, Great Works Internet (GWI), has partnered with the city to offer service that is 100 times faster than traditional broadband to certain areas of South Portland. The company is constructing the fiber-optic network, named Gigabit Main […]
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Government Technology announced the winners of its 2014 Digital Cities Survey today, recognizing 6 partner communities of Next Century Cities for their innovative work in creating thriving, 21st century communities. Those partners receiving recognition included: 250,000 or more in population: 1st place: Los Angeles, CA 2nd place: Kansas City, MO 3rd place: Louisville, KY 5th
This post is authored by Nate Hill, Assistant Director of the Public Library of Chattanooga, TN. Nate will be a featured panelist at next week’s “Envisioning a Gigabit Future” event. A couple of weeks ago, I took a short a break from work. I was sipping a cup of coffee in my office at the Chattanooga Public
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In the US, the median price for an internet connection is about $55 a month. The median speed for downloads is about 18 megabits per second (MBps) and a paltry 4 MBps for uploading…
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As cities around the country grapple with the opportunities and obstacles associated with next-generation broadband, we are thrilled to be co-hosting “Envisioning the Gigabit Future,” a field hearing in Chattanooga on the importance of next-generation Internet to community outcomes and the need for unfettered community choice, with the Southeast Tennessee Development District. We’re excited for
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About twenty states have legal barriers to public-owned broadband networks. But with nearly 400 community-wide and partial-reach public networks operating successfully — some since before the year 2000 — advocates ask how high would the number be if these barriers didn’t exist…
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There is a new organization in town and it’s quietly getting the attention it deserves. Called “Next Century Cities,” it met last month with mayors and executives from 32 cities in Santa Monica, California to talk about the new economy, the critical importance of broadband infrastructure to economic wealth and well being and the vital
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This post is authored by Louisville, KY Chief of Civic Innovation Ted Smith When I was asked to join Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer in 2011 to run the city’s innovation office, my first job was to determine the agenda for this new department. Where is the opportunity to innovate? How can we improve the quality
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At last Thursday’s panel discussion on ‘The Future of the Broadband Marketplace,’ hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA), Federal Communications Commission Special Counsel Gigi Sohn discussed the importance of community engagement to the future of broadband Internet. Her remarks mentioned Next Century Cities, and highlighted several of our member
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Next Century Cities members Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO are preparing to host the Gigabit Cities Summit from January 12-14, 2015. Those interested in attending are invited to join a webinar on the future of smart cities with renowned smart city experts Boyd Cohen and Gordon Feller on November 5 at 1:30pm ET.
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