Wired Communities, Smart States:
Is Digital Infrastructure the New Public Works?

by John S. Niles

U.S. Local Governments Having or Developing Government-Owned Telecommunications Networks as of 1998

Alabama: Lincoln, Opp, Foley, Scottsboro

Alaska: Angoon, Kake, Kiana, Kotlik

Arkansas: Conway, Lockesburg, Paragould

California: Anaheim, Alameda, Burbank, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Bruno, Santa Rosa

Colorado: Center, Copper Mountain, Longmont

Florida: Gainesville, Key West, Lakeland, Leesburg, Newberry, Ocala, Valparaiso

Georgia: LaGrange, Fairburn, Marietta, Newnan, Thomasville

Iowa: Akron, Algona, Alta, Bancroft, Cedar Falls, Coon Rapids, Danbury, Dayton, Denison, Grundy Center, Harlan, Hartley, Hawarden, Hull, Independence, Indianola, Lake View, Laurens, Lenox, Manilla, Manning, Mount Pleasant, Muscatine, New London, Orange City, Primghar, Rock Rapids, Sac City, Sanborn, Sibley, Spencer, Tipton, Wall Lake, Waterloo, Westwood

Kansas: Altamont, Baxter, Cawker, Columbus, Courtland

Kentucky: Bardstown, Barbourville, Bowling Green, Frankfort, Glasgow, Williamstown

Maryland: Easton

Massachusetts: Braintree, Chicopee, Holyoke, Shrewsbury, Westfield

Michigan: Clearwater, Coldwater, Crystal Falls, Hillsdale, Holland, Lowell, Negaunee, Norway, Wyandotte

Minnesota: Bagley, Coleraine, Elbow Lake, Fosston, Jackson, Marble, Westbrook, Windom

Missouri: Newburg, Springfield, Unionville

Nebraska: Lincoln

North Carolina: Morganton

New Hampshire: Keane

Ohio: Archbold, Butler County, Celina, Cuyahoga Falls, Hamilton, Lebanon, Niles, Wadsworth

Oregon: Cascade Locks, Eugene, Lexington, Lincoln County Public Utility District, Springfield

Pennsylvania: New Wilmington, Pitcairn

South Dakota: Beresford

Virginia: Blacksburg, Leesburg, Lynchburg

Washington: North Bonneville, Sumas, Tacoma

West Virginia: Phillipi

Wisconsin: Oconto Falls, Two Creeks

Wyoming: Lusk, Bailroil

Sources: Postings by Jim Baller, Neil Lehto, Marc Bergman, Laurie Cirivello, and others to the Muni-Telecom list server maintained by Miles Fidelman, Center for Civic Networking. Additional locations provided by Peter Carino and August Grant.

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