2019

Next Century Cities Team Leads Connectivity Discussion in McCall, Idaho

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  The Next Century Cities team recently traveled to McCall, Idaho to guide a discussion about the region’s broadband future at an event hosted by the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.     Regional stakeholders including local elected officials, business leaders, economic development staff, concerned citizens, and more all gathered to learn from successful […]

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State Actions to Facilitate Broadband Deployment

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State governments play a critical role in facilitating broadband deployment, and there are several key policies and programs that can significantly impact access when implemented at the state level.   Preserving and promoting local choice. One of the most impactful choices a state can make to promote broadband access is allowing room for local choice

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Brattleboro Reformer — Carolyn Partridge: Notes from Montpelier: Broadband is no longer a luxury for rural Vermont

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Last Friday and Saturday I had the opportunity to travel with Rep Laura Sibilia to Wilmington, Delaware, for an event sponsored by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference. It was a policy summit entitled “Rural Broadband — Bridging the Connectivity Divide,” and since I Co-Chair the

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Strategic Networks Group’s Digital Needs and Readiness Assessment

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This online Digital Needs and Readiness Assessment takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and helps identify key steps that should be taken prior to beginning a broadband infrastructure project. When taken by several members of a leadership team, the assessment can also assist in starting a discussion about perspectives and priorities. Once you have completed

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Bisnow — 5G Threatens to Widen Digital Divide Between Rural and Urban Cities

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The race is on for 5G cellular networks as network providers battle to give customers instantaneous downloads of data on their devices. The underpinning of the technology is grounded in a very basic need: broadband fiber rings that some small cities and rural communities lack. That, some experts contend, could further widen the digital divide between big cities and small

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Telecompetitor — T-Mobile Sprint Merger Opposition: Broadband Associations, Others Say It Will Harm Rural Areas

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Two dozen entities, including several broadband associations, are stepping up their T-Mobile Sprint merger opposition, sending a letter last week to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and to a Department of Justice official arguing that the proposed merger would harm rural areas and reduce wireless competition.

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