March 21, 2016 – Next Century Cities

Next Century Cities Co-Hosts Regional Summit with Over 250 Broadband Leaders in Seattle

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Today, Next Century Cities hosted Digital Northwest: A Summit for Regional Broadband Leaders in Seattle, Washington. The event, co-hosted with 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 […]

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Route Fifty — Google Fiber’s Advice for Cities Looking to Work with High-Speed Internet Providers

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Google Fiber is perhaps the most high-profile private-sector provider of high-speed broadband Internet, and when it moves into a new metropolitan area or signals interest in a particular locality or urbanized region for expansion, it attracts a lot of attention…

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Seattle Times — Mayor Murray: Municipal broadband too costly; public-private deal is way to go

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The best way to expand Internet access in Seattle is through public-private partnerships, Mayor Ed Murray said at a regional broadband conference Monday. The mayor reiterated the position he formed after a city-commissioned study released last summer showed it would cost between $480 million and $665 million to build out a municipal-broadband network across the

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