In Reedsburg, Expansion Weighed After Muni Fiber Success Community Broadband Bits Episode 147
b'The first gigabit city in Wisconsin, Reedsburg, has a municipal fiber network operated by the city-owned electric utility. This week, we talk with General Manager of the Utility Commission, Brett Schuppner. Reedsburg fiber goes back to 2003, which makes it one of the oldest FTTH networks in the nation.\\n\\nLocated about an hour outside of Madison, Reedsburg has seen more investment from local industrial businesses because of its fiber network. They received a broadband stimulus award to expand their network into some surrounding rural areas and are now considering how they can continue expanding the network deeper into surround Sauk County without federal assistance.\\n\\nWe talk about what goes into these expansion discussions - what is the dynamic when one community has a great network and the County would like it to expand? \\n\\nRead all of our Reedsburg coverage here.\\n\\nRead the transcript from this conversation here.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. \\n\\nThis show is 13 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\\n\\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\\n\\nThanks to Persson for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Blues walk."'