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 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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 (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 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…
North State Communications bets big on fiber plans
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…