Santa Cruz County, California has spent the last five years removing policy barriers to local broadband deployment. Located 30 miles south of Silicon Valley, the second smallest county in the …
Route Fifty — The FCC Could Help Make Good Local Broadband Models Great Read More »
Yesterday, Next Century Cities and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) hosted a Congressional briefing for members of the United States House of Representatives about the importance of local voices in …
Image courtesy of J. Guevara There isn’t one right way to bring broadband to your city. There is, however, a common element that appears in many city success stories: …
Given the recent focus by the President, Congress, and the FCC on the importance of solving the rural broadband access divide, Next Century Cities’ Executive Director Deb Socia felt it …
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Lafayette, Louisiana’s city-owned fiber network, LUS Fiber, has a lot to celebrate. The city first proposed fiber as its fourth utility in 2004, and citizens voted 62% – 38% in …
Yesterday Next Century Cities wrapped up the #MobileOnly Challenge, an online campaign that drew attention to the significant limitations of mobile-only internet service. The challenge was formulated in response to …