2015

Today’s age requires an internet connection to be a part of society, and Next Century Cities recognizes this. The initiative is uniting communities in an effort to make a high speed connection available across the country. The number of communities taking part in the initiative has just hit a milestone—Next Century Cities not has 100

Boise, Idaho has become the hundredth city to join Next Century Cities, a city-to-city collaborative of mayors who see the availability of fast, affordable, and reliable Internet as a critical piece of their community. When the initiative was initially launched in October 2014, a number of major cities joined–including Boston, Kansas City, Chattanooga and more recent

Let’s be frank. The strength of America’s economy and as well as our political prowess in the world are inextricably linked. Cities — not the Federal government — are best positioned to renew and reinvent America for the new, global, knowledge-based economy. In this new world economy where every nation, every community, every individual is

City leaders took the first step this week toward addressing a thorn in the side of local businesses and residents alike: improving broadband Internet service. The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to partner with local service provider Cruzio to investigate building an exponentially faster, cutting-edge, gigabit fiber-optic communications network. Only about 50 other cities

Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown joined mayors and elected officials from 34 communities on Wednesday to call for uniform and accessible reporting on broadband network performance. The letter, coordinated by Next Century Cities, was prompted by the findings of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, “BROADBAND PERFORMANCE: Additional Actions Could Help FCC Evaluate its

A group of 35 mayors and city leaders from across the United States on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to provide universal and easily parsed measurements by which consumers can see exactly how well their broadband Internet compares with other networks. Organized by Internet advocacy collaborative Next Century Cities, the leaders’ letter urged the