Santa Monica Brings 10Gbps Connections to Local Businesses

Saturday June 12, 2010

Santa Monica has built an impressive fiber network to connect local government buildings, schools, parks, and local businesses. With local jobs dependent on massive media studios that require very robust connectivity, Santa Monica has responded by building an impress community broadband network. That network is now offering 10Gbps connections - if such a connection were available from the local cable company, I shudder to think what they would charge for it.

Shafter Network Expands To Serve Local Businesses in California

By on Jul 29, 2013

The community of Shafter enjoys savings, better public safety, and more educational opportunities with the municipal fiber network that we wrote about two weeks ago and discussed in

Santa Monica Receives Another Award for City Fiber Network

Christopher Mitchell

on Sep 22, 2011

Santa Monica has received yet another award for its publicly owned broadband network, not too long after it received award from the Ash Center at Harvard Uni

Report: Minnesota Communities and Local Providers Build Diverse Solutions for Affordable, Reliable Internet Access

Ry Marcattilio

on Jul 29, 2021

Our new report, Minnesota Broadband: Land of 10,000 Connectivity Solutions [pdf], showcases the diverse range of approaches communities and local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have taken to expand affordable, high-quality Internet access in Minnesota.

Listen to Baratunde Thurston Interview Bruce Patterson About Open Access, Competition, and Ammon, Idaho

Ry Marcattilio

on May 14, 2021

Baratunde Thurston hosted Bruce Patterson on the most recent episode of his podcast How To Citizen. The episode is a deep dive into the consequences of a lack of competition in Internet access, and how the city of Ammon on stepped up to meet the challenge.

Dalton, Georgia, Ramps it Up, Offers 10 Gigabit Residential Service Tier

By on Sep 5, 2019

Less than a year ago, we reported on Dalton, Georgia’s transition to becoming the first gigabit city in the state. In August, the community took it up a notch when they began offering 10 gigabit residential Internet access from Dalton Utilities’ OptiLink.

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BrightRidge Creating 10 Gig Connectivity in Tennessee Communities

By on May 14, 2019

About ten years ago, we first reported on Johnson City, Tennessee. At that time, the community was in the process of installing fiber to improve reliability for their public electric utility.

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