Ahead of the next round of presidential debates, Next Century Cities was one of 38 public interest groups to send a letter today to the moderators of the four upcoming debates, urging them to ask how the candidates will help more Americans have access to affordable high-speed Internet choices. The full letter can be found […]
The deployment of Long Term Evolution-Unlicensed technologies by cellular carriers promises vastly more bandwidth for mobile users. But LTE-U also could interfere with local governments’ Wi-Fi –based services…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Deb Socia, Executive Director 617-251-8358 deb@nextcenturycities.org Next Century Cities Supports Louisville, KY in Fight for Local Broadband Choice Washington, DC (March 1, 2016) –Today, Next Century Cities, a nonprofit membership organization of 128 mayors and city leaders working to ensure access to high-quality broadband Internet for more Americans, expressed support for
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Exactly one year ago this morning, the Federal Communications Commission granted two petitions from Next Century Cities members Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC which sought relief from state laws restricting both communities’ ability to expand their successful gigabit Internet networks. The decision marked an important victory in support of oneof Next Century Cities’ core principles,
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The city of Louisville, Ky., has been bending over backward to woo high-speed services like Google Fiber to town. But now those efforts might have hit a snag as AT&T slaps the local government with a big lawsuit…
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A recently-announced partnership between city leaders in Huntsville, Alabama and Google Fiber points to a promising new model for ensuring greater access to high-quality broadband Internet. This new collaboration will see the City of Huntsville build out and own a fiber network while leasing dark fiber capacity to Google Fiber to provide gigabit-speed Internet to
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Officials say a new committee dedicated to expanding telecommunication and broadband services in the city is going to enhance the quality of life of all Saratogians. Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan presented the newly-formed Smart City Commission at the Feb. 16 city council meeting…
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]Next Century Cities members often ask how they can become fiber ready communities. We encourage them to start by checking out helpful checklists, such as Google Fiber’s City Checklist or CTC’s Broadband Strategies Checklist. Using these checklists to become ‘fiber-ready’ makes communities more attractive for all investors in broadband infrastructure, not just the organizations that
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Earlier this week, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center of the Sesame Workshop released a new report on the state of digital inclusion and the impacts of persistent inequalities in access to high-quality Internet. Released as part of a February 3 event at New America, the report demonstrated that low-income families continue to suffer from inadequate
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In the Denver Post today, Colorado mayors Karen Sheek of Cortez, David Romero of Montrose, and Dennis Coombs of Longmont wrote an opinion piece about the opportunities that many more communities in the state now have to drive forward next-generation broadband after they voted in November to overturn a restrictive state law. The mayors, all
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