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Ammon's Model: The Virtual End of Cable Monopolies
The city of Ammon, Idaho, is building the Internet network of the future. Households and businesses can instantly change Internet service providers using a specially-designed innovative portal. This...
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Dark Fiber Available In Lewiston But Rivers Slow Expansion
The Port of Lewiston’s dark fiber network is up and running and now has connected a commercial customer, reports 4-Traders, but achieving the maximum reach has hit some resistance.Warehousing and...
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Ammon's Network of the Future - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 207
On the heals of releasing our video on Ammon, Idaho, we wanted to go a little more in-depth with Bruce Patterson. Bruce is Ammon's Technology Director and has joined us on the show before (episodes 173...
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In Rural Idaho, Co-op Delivers the Fiber
Co-op subscribers in Challis, Idaho are set to see faster speeds as Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (CTCI) gained permission from city officials to install fiber-optic cable to local homes. With the...
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And the Award for Community Broadband Network of the Year Goes to-- Ammon,...
On August 1st, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) recognized Ammon, Idaho’s promise at the 2016 Community Broadband Awards. NATOA named Ammon’s open access...
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Port of Lewiston Crossing Bridges: Network Forges Ahead
Port of Lewiston’s open access dark fiber network continues to move toward completion. Construction crews are burying fiber lines at multiple project sites around Lewiston. In the past few weeks, the...
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Ammon Wins NSF Grant To Pursue Networking Technologies for Public Safety
The city of Ammon, Idaho, continues to garner more recognition and opportunities from its unfolding municipal fiber network.In a recent news release, Ammon officials announced the city received...
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Rural Electric Co-ops Power Up a Gig in Pacific Northwest
Rural electric cooperatives are providing next-generation connectivity. In Oregon a consortium of electric cooperatives called LS Networks built a middle mile network a few years ago and now are taking...
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Rural Electric Co-ops Power Up A Gig In Pacific Northwest
Rural electric cooperatives are providing next-generation connectivity. In Oregon a consortium of electric cooperatives called LS Networks built a middle mile network a few years ago and now are taking...
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Connectivity Cornucopia: We Give Thanks!
This time of year, people come together to celebrate the things they are thankful for and appreciate. Here at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we want to take a moment to appreciate all the...
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Ammon Launches Its FTTH; Bye-Bye Broken Market
Folks in Ammon, Idaho, are now getting choice, speed, and affordability from their new municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network. Home owners are making the switch and waving "bye-bye" to the burdens...
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Ports Of Lewiston And Clarkston Finally Correct Conduit Conundrum
By June, the networks in the Ports of Clarkson and Lewiston will at last be connected after months of negotiation, collaboration, and unraveling and old conduit mystery. Network Stalled By Conduit...
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AmmonTHRIVE Pushing Boundaries Of R&D In Idaho And Beyond
Ammon’s fiber optic utility is opening up competition for residents and businesses in the Idaho community of about 15,000 people. Their software defined network (SDN) allows users on the network to...
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Commercial ISP Connecting Customers Via Sandpoint Fiber
Sandpoint, Idaho’s fiber-optic infrastructure is ready to lease to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) interested in serving the north Idaho town. A regional provider recently announced that it will take...
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Ammon Examines Muni Fiber Impact - Community Broadband Bits 259
For episode 259 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we are going back to the well in Ammon, Idaho - one of the most creative and forward-thinking fiber network deployments in the country....
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 259
This is the transcript for episode 259 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Christopher Mitchell discusses Ammon, Idaho, with Ammon Technology Director Bruce Patterson and Strategic Networks...
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Verizon Will Cut Off Rural Subscribers In Thirteen States
A recent proposal being considered by the FCC that has raised the loudest outcry has been the status of mobile broadband in rural areas. Now that Verizon is discontinuing rural subscriber accounts, the...
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Fiber Launch Event In Ammon Oct. 5th
The City of Ammon, Idaho, in partnership with Next Century Cities will host an event titled “The Launch of the Ammon Fiber Utility” to bring together representatives from Ammon and the region, policy...
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Can't Be There? Livestream of Ammon Launch Oct. 5th
If you can’t make it to Ammon to attend the launch of the city’s ground breaking open access fiber network, you can still enjoy the festivities. The event will be livestreamed starting at 10:30 eastern...
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Ammon Report: "Enabling Competition and Innovation on a City Fiber Network"
Publication Date: October 4, 2017Author(s): Paddy LeerssenDavid TalbotAs Ammon, Idaho, celebrated the official launch of its publicly owned open access network on October 5th, 2017, the folks from...
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