This morning, the Federal Communications Commission announced its decision to accept the petitions from two Next Century Cities members, Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC, confirming earlier reports suggesting that the […]
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For Immediate Release February 26, 2015 Contact: Deb Socia 617-251-8358 deb@nextcenturycities.org Statement by Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia welcoming FCC decision to provide relief from state laws curbing
The case for strong government rules to protect an open Internet rests in large part on a perceived market failure — the lack of competition for high-speed Internet service into
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How to promote the city and its broadband network as a package deal was the main theme during the afternoon session of Salisbury City Council’s retreat Thursday at the Lee
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Salisbury City Council will hold its 30th annual retreat Thursday and Friday at Lee Street Theatre. The retreat, called the “Future Directions and Goal Settings Conference,” is council’s chance to
It’s been an eventful month for the Internet in America. President Obama traveled to Cedar Falls, IA, and publicly supported a city’s right to build its own high-speed Internet infrastructure.
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This post by Will Aycock, Operations Manager for the Greenlight Community Broadband in Wilson, North Carolina, is written as part of our ‘Spotlight City’ series. For more features on Wilson, check
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February 3, 2015 – The Federal Communications Commission will put its legal weight behind a petition that would preempt laws in North Carolina and Tennessee that restrict the ability of
This morning, an article in the Washington Post announced that the Federal Communications Commission is considering pre-empting laws in two states that restrict the ability of communities to ensure that
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