Oct 5, 2018 | NCC News, News
You’re doing something right now that 24 million Americans can’t, which is read this article. In an era that’s buzzing with talk of autonomous vehicles and virtual wallets, mere access to broadband internet remains out of reach for many.
Sep 27, 2018 | NCC News, News
The new industry-backed regulations are likely to attract lawsuits from state and local government groups that worry they will cost them revenue, make it easier for internet providers to sue them and do little to address the digital divide.
Sep 27, 2018 | NCC News, News
Over the objections of local government officials and the reservations of Democratic commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC has voted to streamline the path to small cell deployment, billing it as crucial to the rollout of 5G wireless service, an FCC and Trump...
Sep 24, 2018 | NCC News, News
On September 26, at the Federal Communications Commission’s open meeting, commissioners will vote on an order that will limit the roles of local policymakers in the deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless infrastructure. So one might ask, why doesn’t my community...
Sep 20, 2018 | NCC News, News
Cities across the country are staring down the barrel of technological progress. In some cases, the loss of local authority has left them with few options as to how things happen in their jurisdictions.
Sep 10, 2018 | NCC News, News
Consumer group Public Knowledge has joined up with 17 rural, consumer, community media, tech rights, academic, and civil rights groups to launch Broadband Connects America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring everyone in the US has access to high-speed broadband.
Sep 7, 2018 | NCC News, News
The FCC will vote later this month on new small cell rules aimed at hastening deployment of small cell wireless network infrastructure. Among other things, the FCC small cell rules would limit what municipalities can charge for reviewing small cell deployments.
Sep 4, 2018 | NCC News, News
A San Francisco-based online investment platform plans to launch a Community Broadband Accelerator in the coming months to help localities quickly establish community-owned networks. In November, Neighborly will announce its first cohort of communities, which will...
Sep 4, 2018 | NCC News, News
As small cell wireless equipment — those little cell service-spreading doohickeys attached to structures such as streetlights and utility poles — proliferates across the U.S., the National League of Cities (NLC) is looking to help local governments make decisions...
Aug 27, 2018 | NCC News, News
Larimer County recently joined Next Century Cities, a nation-wide municipal initiative dedicated to ensuring availability of next-generation broadband internet for all communities.
Aug 17, 2018 | NCC News, News, Spotlight Cities, Telling Your Story
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 for years, according to experts speaking at a July 23 Next Century Cities...
Aug 1, 2018 | Co-Ops, Models 101, NCC News, News
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 Communications Commission’s Office of Strategic Planning.
