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table of contents 22 Number of Municipal FTTP Networks Climbs to 135/ 40 By Masha Zager, Broadband Communities Annual census of municipal fiber networks. 32 In thIs Issue Mohawk Tribe Brings Fiber to the Home / By Jeff Beekhoo, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Fiber brings new hope to a tribal community. 38 FastRoads Gathers Speed / Photo by Andrea Smardon, KUER News cover storIes – communIty broadband PROvIDER PERSPECTIvE PCOs Need a 'Seinfeld Strategy' / 10 By Bryan J. Rader, Bandwidth Consulting LLC WHy WE NEED MORE FIBER Google Fiber Powers Caregiver App / 12 By Masha Zager, Broadband Communities A stimulus-funded project gets ready to turn up services. By Joan Engebretson, Broadband Communities 40 Q&A; With Mayor John Curtis, Provo, Utah 43 Broadband and Citizen Engagement / By Julia Pulidindi, National League of Cities 46 Why Provo is turning its network over to Google. Models of successful community broadband adoption programs. 14 By Carl Kandutsch, Attorney Can FTTP Work in Palo Alto? / By Stephen Blum, Tellus Venture Associates Palo Alto's dream of municipal fiber is still alive - but the business case is challenging. 50 56 Excerpts from Milo Medin's keynote address at the BroadBand Communities Summit. Communities Rise to the Gigabit Challenge / A BBC Staff Report MDU Residents Crave Fiber – If They Know About It / By Steven S. Ross, Broadband Communities Results of a survey commissioned by BroadBand Communities. 68 50 By Michael Waldner, State of South Dakota A Vision for the Gigabit Future / By Milo Medin, Google Highlights of Summit presentations. 63 THE LAST PAgE Broadband, 'Bucko' and the B-29 / 84 2013 broadband communItIes summIt Summit Technology Overview / departments 2 4 8 At the 2013 Summit, exhibitors showed new devices for delivering better broadband for less money. DEPLOyMENT ASU Implements Advanced Fiber Network / 18 TECHNOLOgy Say Goodbye to the Splitter Cabinet / By David Stallworth 76 By Masha Zager, Broadband Communities Traditional outside-plant designs are becoming obsolete. Modernizing a university telecommunications system. SERvICE PROvIDER STRATEgIES Q&A; With Benoît Felten: Services for Next-Generation Networks 72 What services should fiber-to-the-home networks offer? TELEMEDICINE FCC Launches Healthcare Connect Fund / 80 By W. James Mac Naughton, Esq. New funding for broadband networks has the potential to transform rural health care. | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | May/June 2013 EDITOR'S NOTE PRESIDENT'S LETTER BANDWIDTH HAWK 82 MARKETPLACE ADS 83 ADvERTISER INDEx / CALENDAR By Steven S. Ross, Broadband Communities features 6 THE LAW Aereo 2 – Broadcast Networks Zip / Visit www. bbcmag.com for up-to-the-minute news of broadband trends, technologies and deployments facebook.com/ bbcmag twitter.com/ bbcmag