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CT-N Video: Most viewers find Internet Explorer works best...
Watch the Moving Toward a Gigabit State Forum on CT-N
Then, "Watch Now" and click on "To Watch This Video in Windows Media Format"
View the Moving Toward a Gigabit State Agenda with speaker timings

7/15/15 White House, NYTimes, Congrats Meriden! ConnectHome, The Obama administration's program to connect thousands of public housing residents... Read the NYTimes article on the ConnectHome Initiative

5/3/15 TheDay: Op-Ed by Telecom Attorney Glenn Carberry of Norwich
Bureaucracy, outdated regulations challenge broadband ‘railroad’
Read the full Op-Ed on broadband challenges at TheDay.com

NYTimes Editorial, “Look to the States on Broadband” - Faster Internet speeds are becoming a necessity... Read NYTimes Editorial: Look to the States on Broadband

Broadband Communities Magazine, January-February 2015
Economic Development - Gigabits Across Connecticut
By Bill Vallée, Connecticut Broadband Policy Coordinator
View Digital Issue of Broadband Communities Magazine or Download PDF: Gigabits Across Connecticut

At Least One State has a (Fiber) Backbone
April 7, 2015: Read "At Least One State has a Fiber Backbone" on Medium

Congress Scrutinizes F.C.C. Following Release of New Internet Rules
NY Times, March 17, 2015 Read NY Times article on FCC Rules scrutiny

In Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide, @NPR Morning Edition, March 09, 2015
Listen to the NPR Story: Kansas City's Digital Divide

USA Today, 2/3/15: "If the next Facebook has to pay for an Internet fast lane..." Read full USA Today Article on Internet fast lanes

Would FCC Plan Harm Telecom Investment? Even Industry Opinion Is Mixed (NPR, 2/3/15)
Read the NPR Report on Telecom Investment impact

The FCC has changed the definition of broadband
The Verge, January 29, 2015
Read The Verge: FCC broadband definition change to 25Mbps

DeLauro, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz discuss Connecticut’s desire to become the first “gigabit” state.
Read the Gigabit State initiative update

GOP makes U-turn on net neutrality
Read more on the GOP Net Neutrality shift

1/13/15 - Responses due to the RFQ for statewide fiber network
Read Broadband Breakfast: Gigabit Networks RFQ Deadline

Senator Beth Bye: It will be like having the first train station in the 1800s
Read Hartford Business article on Sen. Bye's fiber efforts

Chris Mitchell: The true story regarding municipal fiber
Watch Chris Mitchell explain Municipal Fiber on YouTube

Woodbridge joins CT-gig Project
Read Milford Orange Bulletin: Woodbridge joins CTgig project

Cable Companies Dismiss Gigabit Proposal
Greenwich News, December 26, 2014 Read the Greenwich News article on Gigabit dismissal

Hartford Courant: 46 Connecticut Cities And Towns Join Ultra-High-Speed Internet Project
Read Hartford Courant: 46 Towns join high-speed project

Washington Post: Half of Connecticut says it wants fiber-optic Internet — and soon.
Read Washington Post: Connecticut fiber-optic demand

New Haven Register: 46 Connecticut towns back ultra-fast Internet initiative
Read New Haven Register: 46 towns back initiative