{"id":854,"date":"2012-05-04T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/100-broadband-municipal-networks-wheres-ours.html"},"modified":"2012-05-04T09:38:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T13:38:32","slug":"100-broadband-municipal-networks-wheres-ours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/100-broadband-municipal-networks-wheres-ours.html","title":{"rendered":"100 broadband municipal networks: where&#8217;s ours?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/videos-of-mayors-and-county-in-hahira-lost-2012-05-02.html\"> arbitrating a fixed-size LOST pie,<\/a> what if Lowndes County and the local cities worked on increasing the size of the pie through broadband? It&#8217;s not just <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/what-actually-gets-companies-to-locate-in-chattanooga.html\"> Chattanooga,<\/a> 100 other municipalities have done it.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Mitchell wrote for Planetizen 30 April 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/56484\"> Should Your City Build Its Own Broadband Network?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Chattanooga is not alone; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muninetworks.org\/communitymap\"> more than 100 cities and towns<\/a> have built their own broadband networks. The city of Lafayette, Louisiana <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lusfiber.com\/\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01630529c979970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01630529c979970d-pi.gif\"   width=\"97\" height=\"50\"  \/><\/a> offers probably the <a href=\"http:\/\/lusfiber.com\/index.php\/internet\/pricing-guide\"> best deal for broadband in the nation:<\/a> ten megabits symmetrical for less than $30\/month. For non-geek readers, it is actually faster than my home Comcast connection at less than half the price. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsr.org\/broadband-speed-light\/\"> released a new report<\/a> detailing how Chattanooga and Lafayette built their networks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/56484\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01630529c9ae970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01630529c9ae970d-pi.jpg\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hm, Valdosta and Lowndes County don&#8217;t seem to be on that map. Yet. We don&#8217;t have to wait for VLCIA to organize this; there are other ways.<\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instead of arbitrating a fixed-size LOST pie, what if Lowndes County and the local cities worked on increasing the size of the pie through broadband? It&#8217;s not just Chattanooga, 100 other municipalities have done it. Christopher Mitchell wrote for Planetizen 30 April 2012, Should Your City Build Its Own Broadband Network? 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