Next Century Cities today announced the three winning cities of the inaugural Charles Benton Next Generation Engagement Awards: Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, and Louisville, KY. The three cities were selected for proposing innovative programs that will use high-speed broadband to improve civic engagement and democratic participation…
Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, and Louisville, KY Selected for Programs to Bolster Civic Engagement Using High-Speed Broadband Connectivity Washington, D.C. (August 16, 2016) – Next Century Cities today announced the three winning cities of the inaugural Charles Benton Next Generation Engagement Awards: Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, and Louisville, KY. The three cities were selected for
On Aug. 10, a federal appellate court ruled against a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan that would have allowed municipalities to build their own broadband networks, despite state laws explicitly prohibiting such buildouts. Such laws limiting government entry into the commercial broadband market exist in varying forms across 19 states. The ruling is seen by
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A partisan battle is brewing over publicly-owned broadband networks. Now that a federal court has blocked an effort by the FCC to boost community broadband, Congress should respond by passing a bill making it easier for cities to build affordable, high-speed networks for citizens, according to public interest advocates…
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Wednesday’s Sixth Circuit Court ruling that reversed the FCC’s municipal cable authorizationshas predictably raised new questions about what happens next. Supporters of the rejected FCC policy now expect to accelerate their efforts in state legislatures and not just North Carolina and Tennessee where the contested muni cable projects were scotched…
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Washington, DC (August 10, 2016) – In a move that impacts Next Century Cities members Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today released a decision overturning the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) ruling allowing these cities the opportunity to make their own local decisions on broadband access. “Today’s
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An Appellate Court overruled the Federal Communication Commission’s ruling that would have allowed Chattanooga to make its own decisions about broadband access in the area. The ruling means that Chattanooga’s EPB and other similar municipal providers in the state can’t expand to areas they aren’t currently authorized to serve, such as rural areas of Hamilton
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In a setback for municipal broadband advocates, a U.S. federal court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission cannot preempt state law to let cities expand publicly-funded Internet services…
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Today, Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia was a panelist at a briefing hosted by Business Forward on broadband access and economic growth in Philadelphia, PA, sharing the perspective of city leaders and Next Century Cities communities. The briefing, held during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, attracted a diverse range of broadband stakeholders, including
The Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) has come up with an “action plan”—actually a series of 10 policy papers—for getting those institutions connected to next-generation high-speed broadband and making that a national priority…
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