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2023 IAMU Broadband Conference Dates Set

11/17/2021

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Mark your calendars for the next edition of the IAMU Broadband Conference! IAMU has scheduled the event for April 5-6, 2023 at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Johnston. This will shift the annual event back to its traditional spring slot.
Click the link below to add it to your calendar. Details and registration will be posted in 2022.
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Lunch and Learn - The View from Washington, D.C.

11/16/2021

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The next edition of CBAN's Lunch and Learn webcasts will take place at Noon Central on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. We're excited to have Jim Baller, a partner at Keller and Heckman LLP in Washington as our guest.
Baller is a long-time advocate for local internet choice through public-private partnerships and municipal broadband networks. We will discuss a broad range of topics related to the role of nation policy in broadband deployment, including:
  • The new federal infrastructure bill and its broadband elements
  • The new nominees at the Federal Communications Commission and where they stand on community-based broadband
  • Impact of small cell rules on municipalities
  • Provider choice in apartments
  • And more!
The View from Washington, D.C. will be streamed live on the CBAN YouTube page. CLICK HERE to access the page and the webcast. During the webcast, you are encouraged to make comments or ask questions using the comments section. We'll address those during the webcast.
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Waterloo Iowa Takes Next Steps Toward Municipal Fiber

11/14/2021

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The Waterloo, Iowa City Council has unanimously approved a $2.5M contract with Magellan Advisors to design a city-wide fiber network.
The engineering project will be paid for out of the city's allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Broadband is one of the investments that the law allows.
Waterloo has been considering a municipal broadband utility off and on since 2005, when a referendum to authorize a utility was approved. After lying fallow for several years, the issue came back to the forefront a few years ago as a top priority for Waterloo's mayor. They hired Magellan to conduct a feasibility study, then to design a fiber backbone consisting of 40 miles of fiber to connect city facilities. The full design will include over 300 miles of fiber routes.
If Waterloo succeeds in funding and building a fiber network, it would become Iowa's largest municipal telecom system, pushing its neighbor to the west - Cedar Falls Utilities - to second largest.

CLICK HERE to read more about Waterloo's latest developments in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
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CBAN Summit in the Books

11/3/2021

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Over 30 people attended the 3rd CBAN Summit on October 19th in Johnston, Iowa. It was the first time together in person for CBAN members since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Attendees participated in a wide range of discussions on community broadband issues, learned about the overall state of community broadband in America, and heard a presentation about how one community in Iowa managed to bring the dream of a community-owned broadband network to reality.
Thank you to everyone who participated, espcecially the Associate Members who sponsored the event and had tabletop exhibits:
  • FARR Technologies
  • Spectrum Planning
  • WIN Technology
  • ETI Software
  • Tii Technologies
  • NewCom Technologies
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Voters in Harlan, Iowa Authorize Board to Sell Telecom Utility

11/3/2021

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Voters in Harlan, Iowa have approved a public measure that gives the Harlan Municipal Utilities (HMU) the authority - but not the obligation - to sell the city's municipal telecom utility.
Shall the following public measure be adopted? “Shall the Board of Trustees of Harlan Municipal Utilities, City of Harlan, in the County of Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to discontinue and dispose of the municipally-owned communications utility by sale?”​
The measure received 63.3% yes votes and 36.7% no votes. It is uncertain what the next steps will be, however the HMU board is not forced to sell the utility at this time.
Unofficial results of the public measure were obtained at https://westerniowatoday.com/2021/11/02/shelby-county-election-results-3/
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Alta, Iowa Voters Reject Effort To Dissolve Utility Board

11/3/2021

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Voters in Alta, Iowa have soundly rejected an effort to transfer governance of the city's municipal utilities from the indepenent utility board to the city council.
Public measure CJ, on the ballot in Alta yesterday, read as follows:
SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? To have the Alta Municipal Utilities be governed under the Alta City Council with the discontinueance of the Alta, Iowa Utility Board of Trustees?
The vote wasn't even close. Only 7.1% of the voters approved of the measure with 92.9% voting no. Alta's municipal electric, water, and broadband utilities will remain under the governance of the Alta Municipal Utilities board of trustees.
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