December 2018

Municipal Broadband Networks are an Opportunity, Not a Threat

A PDF of this release may be found here.  For Immediate Release Contact: Jessica Del Fiacco 612-540-5997, jessica@nextcenturycities.org   Municipal Broadband Networks are an Opportunity, Not a Threat A Response to Commissioner O’Rielly’s Blog Post   For the second time in as many months, Commissioner O’Rielly has attacked municipal networks on spurious grounds that they

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Arlington and Alexa Team Up to Answer Resident Questions

City leaders in Arlington, Texas are always working to be on the cutting edge of technology. As they were researching how to integrate voice recognition and artificial intelligence with a new city website, they decided to branch out into smart speaker functionality. Amazon’s Alexa allows users to develop custom skills for home use, so it

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