Two U.S. cities, Santa Cruz (California) and Westminster (Maryland) have chosen a different model for public broadband deployment: one that separates the ownership of the underlying fiber infrastructure from the service layer and that does not place all of the risk and costs on the private service provider. This is not the model that most […]
City-owned fiber plus private sector service providers: a better public broadband model for cities?
February 3, 2016 by
Salinas, CA issues RFP for broadband infrastructure
February 3, 2016 by
Salinas, California has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from companies for the deployment of a broadband infrastructure that is equal to or better than current fiber optic networks in Salinas. The proposal broadband infrastructure will be open to end users and telecoms service providers. I posted a copy of the Salinas broadband RFP, but […]
Tales from the Towers Chapter 57: 2016 – The Year of Galactus
December 26, 2015 by
It’s time for the battle to begin, Galactus is entering the war. But a war isn’t fought on the battlefield alone, it’s also fought in the strategy room to decide which weapons to build and use, to train soldiers to use those weapons, deploy resources, and bring them to bear on the enemy: copper wires […]
Philadelphia finds unused Wi-Fi equipment
November 17, 2015 by
The Philadelphia City Controller’s office has found unopened boxes of Wi-Fi access points in the city warehouse. The city bought the equipment in 2010 using federal grants for a public safety Wi-Fi network, but the plan to deploy it was canceled when Congress decided to create a national law enforcement Wi-Fi system. It’s not clear […]
Tales from the Towers Chapter 56: Broadband – how much is enough?
October 5, 2015 by
10 Mbps, 25 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, how much is enough? The world has gone bandwidth crazy. The junk science experts, lawyers, social and political activists, the media, government legislators, and pretty much any celebrity who hasn’t passed a high school biology or physics class, but gets to testify to Congress on […]
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