Today, Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia acted as a witness during a congressional hearing on “Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment,” held by the House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Speaking on behalf of the over 120 member communities in Next Century Cities, Deb offered Committee Members […]
Last month, Next Century Cities and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration hosted Digital New England: A Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders in Portland, ME. We invite you to watch video of this fantastic event below:
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Yesterday, Next Century Cities co-hosted Digital New England: A Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders in Portland, Maine. The summit, co-hosted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, featured national, state, and local policymakers, as well as leaders in the nonprofit and private sectors, who discussed real-world broadband successes in New
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For Immediate Release Contact: Deb Socia, 617-251-8358 Deb@nextcenturycities.org Next Century Cities Hosts Digital New England, a Regional Broadband Summit in Maine, Featuring Senator Angus King Regional Leaders Gather to Discuss Benefits of Improved Broadband Access throughout New England PORTLAND, Maine (September 28, 2015) – Next Century Cities, a bipartisan, city-to-city initiative of over 100 communities
City officials announced Monday that Sanford will build a 32-mile optical fiber broadband network to connect the city to Maine’s “3-Ring Binder” broadband network. The Sanford network will be the largest municipal fiber network in the state, eight times the size of the next largest municipal network in Maine…
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The city of Sanford plans to start work next year on the state’s largest municipal broadband network, building a 32-mile extension of fiber-optic cable off the state’s open Three Ring Binder system. The city announced its plan Monday during a regional broadband conference featuring panels about economic impacts of broadband expansion and collaboration between government
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Portland will host a bevy of federal, state and local policymakers Monday as they discuss the importance of high-speed Internet access in driving economic growth. The setting for the conversations will be Digital New England, a regional summit organized by Next Century Cities, a national nonprofit helping municipalities pursue expanded broadband access, and the National
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Earlier this week, Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia and Policy Director Chris Mitchell participated in a roundtable discussion at the White House on broadband connectivity. The discussion was hosted by the White House National Economic Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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By Denise Linn, Program Analyst at the Smart Chicago Collaborative The deadline for the Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards has been pushed back to 5pm Wednesday September 30. On August 6, more than 70 representatives from cities across the country participated in a webinar that outlined the Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards. The awards program—created by National
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky, September 21, 2015 – The lieutenant governor of Kentucky, a bevy of state officials and their private sector counterparts here celebrated the finalization of the deal to build a $324 million broadband infrastructure project. The project, KentuckyWired, is a public-private partnership (also dubbed a PPP) of the state and of the Australian financier
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