The filing window for the Rural Broadband Experiments (RBE) will open on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:00am ET., according to a public notice released by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. All application and bid materials are due Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6pm ET. Access the full RBE order here. […]
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We are excited to share that the City of Westminster, Maryland broke ground Monday on the construction of a citywide fiber optic network. The initial phase of the project is intended to serve two distinct pilot areas, which will encompass both residential and business customers. The City fully funded construction of the open-access network, which […]
The City of Westminster, Maryland broke ground Monday on the construction of a citywide fiber optic network. The initial phase of the project is intended to serve two distinct pilot areas, which will encompass both residential and business customers. The City fully funded construction of the open-access network, which is intended to reach “to the […]
Our team has prepared a memorandum explaining the “Accelerated Disbursement Option” in the FCC’s Rural Broadband Experiments Program. To promote expedited build-out, the experiments allow for awardees to receive 30 percent of total funding upfront based on certain criteria outlined in the order. In our memorandum, we detail this funding option and describe the eligibility […]
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CTC has condensed the details of the FCC’s public notice regarding the Rural Broadband Experiments (RBE) application process into a memorandum that reflects our understanding of this procedure. If you have not already done so, we encourage parties who may be interested in participating in the experiments to begin the necessary analysis, build the relevant technical and […]
CTC Principal Engineer and Analyst Tom Asp will lead CTC’s effort working with the North Attleborough Electric Department (NAED) to develop a communications system strategy. CTC will provide strategic support, as well as a budgetary and feasibility analysis to aid NAED in reaching their goal of global advanced communications. […]
CTC Technology & Energy Director of Engineering Andrew Afflerbach will speak at the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Summer Conference. His presentation Innovative Internet Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas: County-Initiated Wireless Broadband in Garrett County will be part of the Going the Distance – Building the “Last Mile” of Broadband Infrastructure session. The session, which is in […]
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CTC Technology & Energy President Joanne Hovis will speak at the Broadband Communities Conference in Springfield, MA. Hovis will be the leader and speaker at By the Numbers: Documenting Broadband’s Contribution to Economic Development in addition to presenting for the workshop A Community Fiber Toolkit Developing Fiber Projects. The Broadband Fiber Networks Conference is part of the Economic […]
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Broadband Communities Magazine has named CTC Technology and Energy to its annual Fiber-To-The-Home Top 100 List of companies. The list commends various types of companies within the broadband community for being “leaders and innovators in the fiber-to-the-home arena”. This is CTC’s fifth time on this list. […]
Our team has prepared a memorandum outlining our analysis of the FCC’s newly-created Rural Broadband Experiments program. These experiments will provide valuable data to the FCC, including potentially shaping future support for rural broadband. Applications are due 90 days from the release of the order (July 14). We believe that anyone interested in applying should […]
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