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San Leandro joins elite group of dark fiber cities
Source: Lit San Leandro Lit San Leandro is putting fiber in the ground. A launch party attracted about a hundred out-of-town development prospects and local business people who heard about the...
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User-financed FTTP fails in a competitive market
A user-financed, municipal fiber-to-the-premises broadband system would be a financial nightmare if launched into a market with mainstream competition, even if it’s subsidized and supported by a...
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San Leandro beats Google’s Kansas City broadband speeds
Press release from the City of San Leandro: San Leandro, Not Google, Is Writing The Next Chapter Of The Internet Source: Lit San Leandro “As Google attempts to grab the headlines with its announcement...
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Chattanooga fiber success punctures Gigabit hype
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, electric power is provided by EPB, a municipal utility company that is also in the fiber optic business. EPB claims that anyone in its 600 square mile footprint can get a 1...
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Industrial and commercial broadband action plan, strategy adopted by San...
Strategic plan for industrial and commercial broadband service in San Leandro,developed by Tellus Venture Associates Seven action plan recommendations and an overall commercial broadband strategy were...
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EDA opens new source for broadband funding with $2 million for San Leandro...
The City of San Leandro will fill in key gaps in broadband availability in industrial and commercial areas, thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The press...
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Seattle passes the fiber (50 mega) buck
The unveiling of Gigabit Seattle yesterday is just the first step on a long road to building a fiber to the premises (FTTP) service for residents. The City of Seattle and the University of Washington...
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Gigabit Seattle’s financial vehicle is still a concept car
Thanks for the down payment. Just need to find someone to co-sign the loan. “Gigabit Squared is providing the capital, although details of the financing model aren’t clear,” wrote Stacey Higginbotham...
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The problem with FTTH is there’s no problem
It’s not about finding a mass market solution. It’s about finding a sufficiently acute mass market problem. The struggle to develop a general fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) or premises (FTTP) business model...
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Metro broadband: without the political cards, you’re not playing with a full...
Political value: the need for speed at the San Leandro public library. There’s an argument to the effect that the prices charged for broadband service by telcos and cable companies in urban areas are...
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Salinas pursues fast broadband to build ag tech corridor
Click for the full picture. With big and small agricultural companies expanding in downtown Salinas and the southeast area of the city earmarked as an Ag Tech Corridor, the need for better broadband...
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Salinas targets Ag Tech Corridor, downtown with broadband RFP
Click for the RFP. The City of Salinas has officially released a request for proposal, looking for telecommunications companies that are interested in using its municipal conduit system and other...
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