Welcome New Members!
Next Century Cities would like to wish a warm welcome to our newest members! We’re highlighting Hudson, Ohio and would like to share some information about their current projects and […]
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August 2018
Purdue University — Estimation of the Net Benefits of Indiana Statewide Adoption of Rural Broadband
This paper projects the statewide net benefits that could be obtained from installation of rural broadband in all of the areas served by Rural Electric Member Cooperatives (REMC) in the
NLC & NATOA — Model Code for Municipalities
NLC and NATOA’s model code is intended as a roadmap to assist local governments in adopting their own ordinances governing use of the rights of way by communications providers. While
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Larimer County — Larimer County joins Next Century Cities to support high-speed internet development
Larimer County recently joined Next Century Cities, a nation-wide municipal initiative dedicated to ensuring availability of next-generation broadband internet for all communities.
Should Your City’s Health Care Systems Join a Consortium?
Following the FCC’s funding cuts for its Rural Health Care (RHC) program within the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), health care providers are relying more on consortia as a source
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Broadband Breakfast — Community Broadband Efforts Alive and Thriving in Ohio, Maryland and Utah
Big telecommunications providers are not making it easy for communities to step up and offer robust broadband service, even in low-density areas that the private sector has declined to serve
Guest Blog: Monmouth Independence Network Expanding with Public-Private Partnership
We at the Monmouth Independence Network (MINET) are utilizing public-private partnerships to expand our broadband network into Dallas, Ore., following our success in Monmouth and Independence. The cities of Monmouth
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Guest Blog: Community Broadband & Telehealth — A Symbiotic Partnership Made In Heaven
What’s your marketing mission? What? You mean “take-rate,” right? No. Take-rate is another way of saying “sales goals.” The marketing mission has a different kind of value than sales targets.
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Broadband Breakfast — Rural Electric Cooperatives Pose an Obvious Solution for Deploying Fiber to Rural Areas, Says Former FCC Official
Rural electric cooperatives and not “small cell” deployment powered by 5G networks, may be the solution to closing the digital divide, according to Jonathan Chambers, former chief of the Federal