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September 2019

FairlawnGig Fiber Boosts Regional Economy

In 2015, aware that business tenants increasingly depended on high-quality broadband and that residents considered fast broadband a quality-of-life issue, Fairlawn (OH) resolved to make gigabit broadband available to all homes and businesses. The city built a municipal fiber network essentially as an amenity, with no requirement that service revenue cover the cost of the build. It was willing to subsidize the network out of the general fund if necessary.

Morgantown (WV) Settles Internet Service Provider Lawsuit

The city of Morgantown (WV) and DBI Networks LLC, doing business as ClearFiber, have reached a settlement in the lawsuit filed on June 4 by the fiber-optic Internet service provider. The suit, which was filed in US District Court, accused the city denying access to public rights-of-way by refusing to issue a license agreement, resulting in prohibition of service, bar to entry, discriminatory management of public rights of way, and a violation of due process.

Sprint Received Lifeline Subsidies for 885,000 Inactive Subscribers

The Federal Communications Commission has learned that Sprint claimed monthly subsidies for serving approximately 885,000 Lifeline subscribers, even though those subscribers were not using the service. That would be a violation of a key rule—the “non-usage” rule—designed to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program.

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