The City of Seattle awarded CTC a contract to explore the feasibility of implementing a municipal fiber broadband network. CTC business analysts and engineers will provide strategic support to help the City understand the opportunities and risks involved in the potential deployment of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP). CTC is pleased to continue our long-standing support of the City in […]
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Public Knowledge Files CTC Technology & Energy Cable Report with FCC
Public Knowledge filed CTC Technology & Energy’s technical report—The State of the Art and Evolution of Cable Television and Broadband Technology— in the FCC’s Comcast–Time Warner docket. The report, which Public Knowledge commissioned to compare the performance and upgrade paths of cable networks with other technologies, illustrates that DSL and mobile broadband cannot compete with […]
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CTC Briefs FCC Commissioners on Net Neutrality Issues
The New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) filed a significant CTC Technology & Energy technical report with the FCC as part of its response on the net neutrality docket. The engineering study, which New America commissioned to explore how net neutrality can be achieved within the framework of LTE (4G) technology, concludes that carriers […]
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CTC Awarded City of Ellensburg Contract
The City of Ellensburg, Washington awarded CTC a contract to prepare a strategic plan for the Telecommunications Utility. CTC will conduct analysis and market research, and provide strategic support to assist the City in its goal of designing and constructing a fiber optic network to serve public agencies. […]
SHLB Submits CTC Study to FCC
On October 17, the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) submitted to the FCC CTC’s cost model study for fiber construction to schools and libraries. SHLB filed A Model for Understanding the Cost to Connect Schools and Libraries with Fiber Optics in the E-Rate Modernization proceeding in support of its recommendation to the FCC […]
Filing Window Announced for Rural Broadband Experiments
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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Construction Begins in Westminster, MD
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 […]
CTC awarded NAED Phase One Contract
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 Director of Engineering to Present at MACo Summer Conference
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 President to Speak at Broadband Communities Conference
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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