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Indianola's Fiber Optic Network To Soon Serve Residents
We told you earlier this year about Indianola, Iowa's network, filling the gap for businesses where private providers had failed. At that time, the network only served local businesses and community...
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Cedar Falls Utilities Begins Rural Expansion
We have watched Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) for the past several years as they upgraded their cable to fiber and started expanding their municipal network outside town limits. The Iowa water,...
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Community Broadband Bits 13 - Curtis Dean of Iowa Association of Municipal...
Curtis Dean, the Telecommunications Services Coordinator for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, joins us for our 13th Community Broadband Bits podcast. Curtis explains why Iowa has so many...
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Old Snake Oil in New Bottles: Ideological Attacks on Local Public Enterprises
Publication Date: October 1, 2001 Author(s): John Kelly, Director of Economics and Research, American Public Power Association We are engaged in a rare event - we are moving offices. The Institute...
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Indianola Partners for Blazing Connections in Iowa
We have covered developments in the town of Indianola, Iowa, where the community decided to build their own network in 1998. The original purpose for investment was to use the network to enhance public...
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County and State Partner For Local Connectivity in Iowa
In 2010, the Iowa Communications Network received a $16.2 million Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The project will connect all 99 counties in the state by upgrading an existing 3,000...
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Indianola City Owned Network Partners to Encourage Economic Development
“We want to grow our own new businesses in Indianola, and Simpson College is home to an entire group of potential entrepreneurs who we hope will find support for their efforts here and some day choose...
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Cedar Falls Utility Increases Speeds For Free
Customers of Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU), in Iowa, have recently been treated to an increase in fiber Internet service speeds with no increase in price.We have reported on CFU for several years with...
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U.S. Representative Congratulates Iowa Community for Muni Network
Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), recently recognized the city of Indianola on the US House Floor to recognize the community's municipal network. On February 15th, he spoke to the body about Indianola's recent...
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Cedar Falls Utility Gets High Bond Rating from Moody's
We have long been impressed with Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) in Iowa. They built an incredibly successful municipal cable network that has now been upgraded to a FTTH network. CFU transfers $1.6...
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Spencer, Iowa, Upgrading from Cable to Fiber
Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) of Spencer, Iowa, will be replacing old copper cable with fiber this summer. According to the Daily Reporter, customers can expect the upgrade with no increase in...
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Emmetsburg, Iowa, on its Way to Community Owned Fiber Network
Flash back to May 5, 1998 and the community of Emmetsburg, Iowa. This town of just under 4,000 people voted to establish a municipal cable communications or television system. It has taken fifteen...
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Cedar Falls, Iowa, Now Offers 1 Gig Service
Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) just announced that it is ready to serve customers with 1 gig service. Earlier this year, CFU increased speeds for existing customers at no expense and we watched their...
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Ames Tribune Editorial Board Wants a Gig
We continue to see more and more of what we might call "gigabit fever." This is not just a "me too" bubble centered around superfast Internet access. It is a recognition by more and more communities...
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Waverly, Iowa: Community Fiber Network Possible Twelve Years After Vote
The Waverly City Council in Iowa recently voted 5-2 to establish a communications utility and to move ahead with a feasibility study. We spoke with Diane Johnston, Waverly Light and Power (WLP) General...
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Waverly Waits 13 Years to Build Fiber Network - Community Broadband Bits...
Waverly, a town of 10,000 in Iowa, decided to create a city owned telecommunications utility with a successful referendum vote in 2000 but has only recently decided to move forward with a major...
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Mudd Advertising and Cedar Falls Utility Talk Gigabit Broadband
As we reported back in May, Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) now offers citywide gigabit broadband. Mudd Advertising is one local company poised to take full advantage of the new blazing speeds. Mudd...
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Iowa Municipal Utilities on Gigabit Nation
We were glad to hear our friend, Curtis Dean of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities join Craig Settles on his Gigabit Nation Internet Radio show. Listen below to learn more about what local...
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Indianola's Community Network Spurs Entrepreneurship
When Indianola decided to invest in a municipal fiber network, the decision was part of a larger economic development plan that included a startup incubator in partnership with Simpson College - which...
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As Emmetsburg Plans to Vote on Muni Network, Mediacom Misinforms
The Iowa community of 4,000 will take up Public Measure D on November 5th. Voters will decided whether to approve a $3.5 million bond issue to cover approximately half the cost to build a FTTH system....
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