West Saint Paul Looks to Build Fiber I-Net

Sunday September 19, 2010

Southwest Review News covered discussions to build a publicly owned fiber I-Net in West St. Paul (a city located, oddly enough, due south of Saint Paul, MN). The estimated cost is $143,000 and will be undertaken in partnership with Dakota County. Current I-Net services come from Comcast, which recently tried to grossly overcharge Palo Alto for such services. They are contemplating offering connections to the private sector as well as public institutions:

The infrastructure would put the city in the position of providing connectivity as it would any other utility. Businesses could pay to install connecting lines on their property to the city's fiber, similiar to how sewer and water systems operate.

Google’s Hometown Of Mountain View, CA Eyes Potential Muni Fiber Build

Karl Bode

on Mar 21, 2025

Mountain View officials hired the consulting firm, Entrust Solutions, to take a closer look at the city’s broadband availability metrics and device potential options for the city. The finished report and accompanying technical memorandum note that Comcast enjoys a monopoly over vast swaths of the city, resulting in expensive, slow, and spotty access.

Boulder Strikes $9 Million Broadband Deal With ALLO

Karl Bode

on Dec 10, 2024

The Boulder, Colorado city council has voted unanimously in favor of striking a $9 million deal with Nebraska based ALLO Communications that should ultimately provide fast fiber access to most of the city’s 330,000 residents. As per the deal, ALLO will provide broadband service to 80 percent of the city by 2028 and 97 percent of the city by 2030.

San Francisco Wins National Award For Providing Free High Speed Internet Service To Affordable Housing Residents

San Francisco with skyline in background

Sean Gonsalves

on Jun 25, 2024

With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) now bankrupt, the City of San Francisco is being honored by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) for its Fiber to Housing (FTH) program that offers free high-speed Internet service to affordable housing residents. Built on the back of the city’s municipally-owned fiber optic network, California’s fourth most populous city is well on its way to extending the city's fiber network to 30,000 affordable housing units across the city.

Alexandria, Virginia Moves Forward with I-Net, Looks to Kick Comcast to the Curb

By on Dec 15, 2021

Alexandria, Virginia (pop. 158,000) is building out an institutional network (I-Net) not only to save local government money, but in the hopes that the move will bring residents fast, reliable Internet access by offering additional conduit to a private Internet Service Provider (ISP) as a way to incent more broadband competition.

Institutional Fiber Network Enhances Town Operations Across Plainville, Connecticut

By on Jul 27, 2021

After working over a year to obtain licenses to deploy fiber across town, by this time next week the central Connecticut town of Plainville, home to approximately 17,500 residents, will begin construction of a municipal fiber network. When finished, the network will connect all town offices, public education facilities, public safety services, and wastewater treatment facilities.

Decatur I-Net Plans Draw Comcast Acrimony in Georgia

By on May 29, 2019

At a May 6 City Commission meeting in Decatur, Georgia, city leaders approved a project budget of $2.35 million to build a municipal I-Net and award the construction contract to Georgia-based Network Cabling Infrastructures, Inc.

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