Broadband At the Speed of Light: How Three Communities Built Next-Generation Networks

Three relatively unassuming communities in the American South have built globally competitive broadband networks that offer some of the best prices and fastest connections in the county.

Frustrated by ever-increasing prices for telecommunication services and the reluctance of incumbent providers to upgrade their networks to meet 21st century needs, more than 150 communities have built their own citywide cable and FTTH networks. Against great odds and in the face of ferocious opposition by t...