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Oregon broadband stimulus project held up by franchise fee fight

Published on December 7, 2011 By Don

Oregon’s Clackamas County is the latest region to face a challenge in getting their broadband stimulus middle mile project off the ground due to a disagreement over franchise fees in Oregon City.
As reported in The Oregonian, Clackamas County broke gro…

Louisiana Loses $80 Million Broadband Grant – Project Fell Too Far Behind Schedule

Published on November 11, 2011 By Don

Louisiana is losing an $80 million grant intended to expand broadband service in the state. The grant was intended to help in deploying 900 miles of fiber to anchor institutions including universities, schools, libraries, healthcare facilities with…

Study: Verizon Hasn’t Paid a Cent in Taxes in 3 Years – Verizon, Comcast, AT&T Huge Beneficiaries of Loopholes, Subsidies

Published on November 10, 2011 By Don

Two non profits, the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, are circulating a new study named Corporate Taxpayers & Corporate Tax Dodgers (pdf) which names and shames corporations that are dodging taxes. The study e…

David Allen, Vice President of Infrastructure, GWI

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

Allen

David Allen, vice president of infrastructure of Maine-based GWI (Great Works Internet), is in an interesting spot right now.
A 14-year veteran of GWI, Allen knows the challenges of serving rural markets. Working under visionary CEO …

Bill LaPerch, President and CEO, AboveNet

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

LaPerch

Since helping guide the service provider, which was once owned by the Metromedia Fiber Networks, out of bankruptcy, AboveNet’s (NYSE: ABVT) president and CEO Bill LaPerch has been focused on growing the company from within.
La…

Jerry James, CEO, Comptel

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

James

Representing telecommunications service providers is not without its challenges, so an in-depth knowledge of the industry and solid leadership skills are essential to leading an organization like COMPTEL.
A 40-year-plus veteran of th…

Windstream’s $38M Fla. broadband stimulus project gets underway

Published on November 1, 2011 By Don

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) has broken ground on its first broadband stimulus project in Mayo, Fla. thanks to a broadband stimulus grant it won in the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The project in Mayo is being funded …

Idaho boasts slowest broadband speeds in the U.S.

Published on September 19, 2011 By Don

Idaho has gained the distinction as being the state with the slowest broadband speeds in all of the United States, according to recent studies released by broadband measurement companies Ookla and Pando Networks.

Idaho averaged 9.42 Mbps down…

The biggest small telco you’ve-never heard of

Published on June 28, 2011 By Don

North State Communications bets big on fiber plans

Hawaiian Telcom’s TV franchise allows it to compete against Oceanic Time Warner

Published on June 28, 2011 By Don

The days of Oceanic Time Warner’s near monopoly on Hawaii’s TV may be numbered as it will soon face a new competitor in Hawaiian Telcom, which just received a cable TV license.  
Last Friday, Hawaiian Telcom was granted a 15-year cable franchise b…