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The city has set its sights on building an open-access fiber network that will serve a neighborhood of about 3,200 households. Officials plan to use $10 million in American Rescue Plan funds for the pilot.
The model for publicly owned fiber networks honed in the tiny town of Ammon, Idaho has become a subject of interest for policymakers and academics alike. It’s now being implemented in a Detroit pilot project. (Part 4) | Opinion
While Idaho Falls’ fiber-optic network piggy-backed on its public electric utility, small neighboring Ammon didn’t have one. So it had to find a way to build a network from scratch. (Part 3) | Opinion