The Challenges of Negotiating with Partners
“When a city negotiates a broadband contract with a private-sector partner, what should it ask for? And what is it likely to get?” Negotiation With Partners Negotiations between Google Fiber… Read More
Category: Technology
The Open-Access of the WestMinster Model
The multi-layered aspect of the P3 model allows this service approach to lay the groundwork for a true and open-access environment at the service level. This environment allows customers to… Read More
The Benefits Of A Multitiered Model
Early on in the telecommunications history, networks widely consisted of copper wires that carry only one channel of data and configuring a connection between two points required mechanical switches to… Read More
Public Ownership of Fiber
A public ownership of fiber is the starting point to ensure that the economic development goals of a fiber project for any city are achieved. The optimal way to ensure… Read More
The Westminster P3 Model in Maryland
Westminster, MD has adopted the public-private partnership (P3) model in order to construct one of the very first gigabit networks within the Mid-Atlantic region. This model could potentially connect a… Read More
Is Your Community Ready For Business?
As stated by Thomas Dorr of the Department of Agriculture, “communities are no longer competing against neighboring towns and counties; they are competing with other countries. States are no longer… Read More
Creating Public Savings with Community Broadband
Local governments that have successfully built their very own broadband networks are seeing huge savings and even better reliability for their community. Local governments are able to have increased certainty… Read More
Creating Jobs with Municipal Broadband Networks
Telecommunication is essential in today’s world as most businesses heavily rely on this aspect to stay connected to other businesses and consumers across the world. Many cities across the United… Read More
Why Invest in Local Community Broadband Networks?
LanCity is just one company among many nationwide that are looking to provide high-quality service at lower prices for communities across the country. While this all seems fantastic to consumers,… Read More
Internet Infrastructure Must be Deemed Essential Infrastructure
Internet access is beneficial to all citizens. Whether you are posting a status which connects you to an infinite number of people digitally or you are utilizing the internet to… Read More