I’ve read Rob Atksinson’s and George Ou’s article published in the latest FTTH Prism newsletter entitled “Why Municipal Fiber Hasn’t Succeeded”. The authors argue that municipal broadband has not been successful because municipal broadband initiatives …

Just before the end of 2008 I arranged an interview with Marc Duchesne, an intriguing blogger and fiber enthousiast that has been involved in the municipal fiber network of the region of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the south of France. I met with M…

Earlier this year the cabinet (the minister and the secretary general) of the Ministry of Communications has been replaced, due to a major Government cabinet shuffle. At that time, the fears that this change will affect the pace of the ambitious FTTH …

Amsterdam which was officially given a thumbs-up by European Commission to build an open fiber to the home physical infrastructure only in late 2007 , an approval process that lasted almost 12 months , has now announced a new agreement between initial …

In Broadband Cities 2008, one of the things that didn’t attract significant publicity and international attention like e.g. the signature of the iNEC declaration on Open Access by the Hellenic Central Union of Municipalities and Communitites was the c…

” Municipal & Utility Guidebook to Bringing Broadband Fiber Optics to Your Community ” is an insightful publication by Public Technology Institute which aims to serve as a reference point for local authorities that want to bring broadband reality into their communities. The study includes an analysis of four US municipal broadband projects, namely: Bristol [...]