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Leverett Approves Broadband Initiative in Small New England Town
Not long ago, we told you about Leverett, Massachusetts, the small town of 1,851, that has been discussing the possibility of building a community network. Residents and businesses currently use a...
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Auburn Essential Services; A Workhorse in Northeast Indiana Saves Jobs,...
In 1985, Auburn Electric became one of the first communities in the midwest to deploy fiber. At the time, the purpose was to improve electric and voice systems substation communications within the...
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Princeton Voters Authorize FTTH Make-Ready Funds in Record Turn-Out
On November 18th, 90% of voters at Princeton's special town meeting approved a measure to fund $1.2 million in make-ready costs bringing the community one step closer to fiber connectivity. The number...
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Islesboro, Maine, Will Vote to Bond for Municipal Network in May
Islesboro, the Maine island community of 566, will decide in May whether or not they want to bond to build a municipal fiber network, reports The Working Waterfront. The network will be owned by the...
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Islesboro, Maine, Voters Approve First Round of Muni Funding
Islesboro residents voted on May 30th to move forward with their municipal network plan. According to the Islesboro Press Herald, approximately 75 percent of voters attending the annual town meeting...
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Bar Harbor Votes Down Funding For Study...This Time
On June 7th, Bar Harbor residents voted against funding the first $50,000 of a $100,000 engineering study for a fiber network to connect municipal facilities. A contentious 47-57 vote at the annual...
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Tiny Mt Washington Builds Fiber-to-the-Home - Community Broadband Bits...
Overlooked by the incumbent telephone company, Mount Washington in the southwest corner of Massachusetts is becoming one of the smallest FTTH communities in the country by investing in a municipal...
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Bar Harbor, Maine Considers Building Its Own Network After Charter Spectrum...
Bar Harbor, Maine (pop. 5,500) has been trying to get a municipal fiber network off (and into) the ground for more than half a decade. If local officials throw weight behind the most recent move, we...
View ArticleBar Harbor, Maine Passes Bond to Build Municipal Network
At the beginning of June, the city of Bar Harbor, Maine successfully passed the $750k bond needed to construct its network, with work to proceed shortly.
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