The City of Centennial, CO’s vision to provide dark fiber "with simple terms of access and usage has come to fruition with the completion of FiberWorks, a 432-fiber-strand backbone connecting key city sites and community anchor institutions." More than 50 miles of fiber backbone that has been completed "enables existing and new broadband providers to tie into the new infrastructure, with the goal of providing better and more competitive choices and services for the city's residents and businesses."
Jessica Rosenworcel Tackles Multiple Dwelling Broadband at INCOMPAS Summit
Crown Castle is one of five companies representing infrastructure builders who can use the funds given to them by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at the INCOMPAS 2022 Policy Summit. The summit featured leaders from telecom companies to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
'Digital divide' keeps millions of Texans offline. Could 5G boost access?
More than 7 million Texans in 3 million households do not have high-speed internet access, leaving those in underserved areas in the dust as 5G begins to deploy across the state. "Expanding access and broadly deploying the next generation of mobile connectivity, known as 5G, will be critical t...
Harbor Link is building out the internet connectivity of the DMV along I-95
Harbor Link will be building a 60-mile diverse conduit route between Baltimore (MD), DC and Northern Virginia down the I-95 corridor. Founding partner and Chief Strategy Officer Felix Dialoiso had compared the project to "creating a toll road that internet service providers like Comcast and ot...
CCNY is plugged into the fiber network of the COSMOS beyond-5G testbed
The City College of New York announced it is now "directly connected to the COSMOS beyond-5G testbed" that is enabled through a donation from Crown Castle. Mark Reudink, vice president of technology strategy at Crown Castle, stated, "With the number of internet connected devices estimated to h...
The Fiber Moment Has Arrived; Will Local Governments Seize It?
Crown Castle Regional Director Curt Fox appeared on "The Municipal Voice" to talk about the future of fiber and municipal networks. He talked about how Crown Castle has been building out municipal networks for decades, and that Obama’s stimulus package enabled the state to lay out fiber ...
New York universal broadband access possible with infrastructure funds, providers say
The New York state legislature is attempting to pass the Comprehensive Broadband Connectivity Act to create a "detailed map of the availability of high-speed internet across the state." "New York is really poised to be the first state in the nation to bridge both divides," said Ana Rua, a gove...