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Harrison Edwards

Feb 11, 2020
2 min

Fiber Network Hits Major Milestone

David Corrado, CEO of Medina County Fiber Network (MCFN) announced today that network revenue has met the key milestone of equaling its monthly bond payment through subscriber revenue. MCFN, which launched in 2013, has been providing high-speed fiber connectivity to over 200 local businesses with extremely-fast speeds of up to 10GBps. Its “Open Access” model allows internet service providers (ISPs) to lease space on county-owned fiber infrastructure and compete for customers’

Harrison Edwards

Dec 17, 2019
1 min

Welcoming UTOPIA Fiber to the Harrison Edwards Family of Clients

The UTOPIA Fiber Demonstration Center in Murray, Utah. Harrison Edwards is pleased to welcome UTOPIA Fiber to its family of clients. Based in Salt Lake City, UTOPIA is the nation's largest Open Access fiber network offering business services in 50 cities and providing a fiber-to-the-home network in 14. Since 2015, UTOPIA has doubled its number of subscribers and has partnered with a long list of communities. Earlier this year, UTOPIA announced it was crossing state lines to b

Knight to Dish Advice for New and Stalled Fiber Projects at Great Lakes Connect

Harrison Edwards

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Knight to Dish Advice for New and Stalled Fiber Projects at Great Lakes Connect

One of the nation's hottest regions for fiber-broadband deployment is the midwest. The Great Lakes region is home to exciting fiber projects ranging from county-wide deployments in Ohio, to city-wide deployments in Michigan, and a renewed statewide plan in Illinois. It's why Harrison Edwards is this year's media sponsor of Great Lakes Connect Broadband Development Conference, September 30-October 2 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Our Executive VP of Broadband, Bob Knight, will mod

Medina Model Receives National Attention

Harrison Edwards

May 23, 2019
2 min

Medina Model Receives National Attention

L-R: Kelly Ryan, CEO, iFIBER Communications; Hon. Carol Carter, Mayor, Village of Seville, Ohio; Dave Corrado, CEO, Medina County Fiber Network; Brian Snider, CEO, Lit Communities; and James Cowan, Founder, Docity at the Medina Fiber kickoff April 2, 2019. (HEPR Photo) Officials in Medina County, Ohio have selected Lit Communities to oversee an aggressive plan to bring fiber to every home in the count.y. Lit will oversee the design, deployment, and financing of Medina's first

Broadband Community Engagement: HEPR's Knight to Share Views at Mountain Connect 2019 Session

Harrison Edwards

May 8, 2019
1 min

Broadband Community Engagement: HEPR's Knight to Share Views at Mountain Connect 2019 Session

Keystone Resort in Dillon, CO will be home to 2019 the Mountain Connect Conference There is a considerable amount of focus on how community networks market themselves to residents and businesses. Only a few years ago, marketing was an afterthought for fiber network builders. Unfortunately, they learned the hard way that to build and operate a successful community network, community engagement and marketing need to be in place before the network is built, and once the network

Commercial Property Values Up With Fiber

Bob Knight

Mar 17, 2019
1 min

Commercial Property Values Up With Fiber

We were delighted to learn this week of a recent CoStar study pointing to an increase in property value when a commercial building has fiber connectivity. The study, that was mentioned at a recent Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) meeting in White Plains, New York, compared data from buildings that had fiber connectivity with those with out. The CoStar team reports a 7% increase in property value among commercial buildings with fiber connectivity. Fiber networks

In Support of Connecticut's Municipal Broadband Deployments, Economy

Bob Knight

Mar 5, 2019
10 min

In Support of Connecticut's Municipal Broadband Deployments, Economy

I was asked last week to testify before the Energy and Technology Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Senate Bill 846 that clarifies Connecticut's long-standing Municipal Gain statute, adds language regarding municipal broadband deployments, and bolsters policies surrounding utility pole attachments. Sexy stuff! In Connecticut, where my family and I reside, our state has a unique statute allowing municipal government to use allotted space on utility po

Knight to Moderate 'Tipping Point' at Broadband Communities 2019 Summit

Harrison Edwards

Jan 29, 2019
1 min

Knight to Moderate 'Tipping Point' at Broadband Communities 2019 Summit

Are 2019 and 2020 game-changing years for community broadband deployment? All signs point to "YES!" New funding mechanism for Open Access networks are hitting the market now, opening up economic and community development opportunities for municipalities throughout America. Bob Knight, EVP, Broadband and Chief Operating Office of Harrison Edwards will moderate "Tipping Point: The Disruptive Model That's Bringing Funding and Fiber to American Communities" on Tuesday, April 9 at

Harrison Edwards

Nov 13, 2018
1 min

Statement from Carolyn B. Mandelker, President & CEO of Harrison Edwards on Amazon's HQ2 Ann

With Amazon confirming today that it will build part of its HQ2 in Long Island City, Westchester wins through osmosis; the door now opens for other New Economy businesses to follow. We just need them to cross the city line and think Westchester. And they might, provided we give them what they need. New Economy companies, existing businesses, healthcare providers, and entertainment outlets need a large digital workforce and the right digital infrastructure, let alone space, a

Harrison Edwards

Nov 7, 2018
2 min

Meet The Harrison Edwards Broadband Team Tomorrow at Connected NE

Ah, autumn in New England. Those colors. That crisp air. The robust dialogue about widespread broadband and small cell / 5G deployment! It all happens Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut at New England Connect, a day-long regional conference on ensuring fast, reliable broadband internet for all.. The conference will examine how Connecticut's mayors have successfully deployed fiber in their communities, and how they are readyi

Podcast: 'Political Will is the One Topic...'

Harrison Edwards

Nov 1, 2018
1 min

Podcast: 'Political Will is the One Topic...'

This week, Harrison Edwards' Executive VP for Broadband, Bob Knight, appeared on the national Community Broadband Bits Podcast to discuss the ever-important topic of political will and fiber projects. Bob and Deb Socia, Executive Director of Next Century Cities, were interviewed by ILSR's Christopher Mitchell on the importance of community engagement and how having political will helps drive broadband projects forward. At September's Great Lakes Connect broadband conference,

Guest Blog: Win With Telehealth; Launch a Pilot Project

Craig J. Settles

Oct 29, 2018
3 min

Guest Blog: Win With Telehealth; Launch a Pilot Project

By definition and by default, you cannot have telehealth without highspeed Internet. By design and by default, you cannot have a gig community network without continually pushing the innovative edge. Telehealth and community broadband define the essence of symbiotic relationships. There is telehealth that is practiced within and between healthcare facilities, often impacting healthcare functions such as improving radiology speed and efficiency. And telehealth targeted to ind

List of Funding & Grant Sources for Broadband Projects

Bob Knight

Oct 23, 2018
1 min

List of Funding & Grant Sources for Broadband Projects

The future of economic and community development is widespread fiber deployment bringing high-speed broadband to communities throughout the United States. It's important to remember that no project can move forward without--as we like to say-- the "Three Ps and One F:" People; Politics; Press; and Funding. In our session in Ontario, Ca today, we discussed several funding sources for broadband projects. Take a look: Here's the list of funding and grant sources for broadband pr

Meet the Harrison Edwards Broadband Team at BBC Ontario This Week

Bob Knight

Oct 22, 2018
1 min

Meet the Harrison Edwards Broadband Team at BBC Ontario This Week

One of our favorite events of the year is Broadband Communities Magazine's annual Economic Development Conference, being held this week in Ontario, California. Several hundred local officials and industry experts convene to parse through how communities can successfully forge ahead with fiber projects. Bob Knight, Executive VP & COO of Harrison Edwards, will be speaking on three panels pertaining to building political will/project funding, telehealth, and real estate developm

Knight to Speak on Three Panels at Broadband Communities Annual Summit

Harrison Edwards

Oct 16, 2018
1 min

Knight to Speak on Three Panels at Broadband Communities Annual Summit

Southern California, known for endless sunshine, laid-back lifestyle, and a dash of smog, is home to this year's Broadband Communities Magazine Economic Development Summit. Municipal officials, broadband-industry veterans, vendors, and consultants will convene this year in Ontario, California, October 23-25. Why Ontario? California's Inland Empire has enjoyed steady population growth. To help prepare for the future, Ontario leaders have taken action to deploy fiber for gigabi

Harrison Edwards

Sep 24, 2018
1 min

Meet the Harrison Edwards Team This Week at Great Lakes Connect

The broadband industry will convene this week in Fairlawn, Ohio for Great Lakes Connect (GLC). GLC is the first major broadband industry conference from spanning from Wisconsin to Ohio and has attracted economic development, municipal, and other industry leaders in the Midwest and across the United States. Fairlawn is home to one of the nation's new gigabit-speed fiber network that is off to a successful start. Over 200 are expected to attend the inaugural GLC event, which is

Bob Knight

Sep 11, 2018
2 min

Hot Take: Google Fiber's Opportunity

A recent article by Blair Levin and Larry Downes in the Harvard Business Review makes the case that Google Fiber is high-speed internet's most successful failure. The authors point out that although Google grossly underestimated capital expenditures and the speed of the regulatory process, it was successful at disrupting the $60 billion broadband industry. Google's very presence spurred innovation, triggered scores of cities to re-think their communications needs, and jolted

Harrison Edwards

Aug 24, 2018
1 min

Harrison Edwards Sponsoring 'Great Lakes Connect' Broadband Conference

Bob Knight, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Harrison Edwards, Inc. announced today that the firm has signed on as a sponsor of Great Lakes Connect Broadband Development Conference. Great Lakes Connect will bring together industry and civic leaders from communities throughout the Midwest, a region where municipal gigabit-speed broadband deployment is catching on quickly. This year's inaugural Great Lakes Connect is produced by the same team as Mountain Co

Harrison Edwards

Aug 22, 2018
2 min

Harrison Edwards Named a "Top PR Firm" in Memphis

For the second year in a row, Expertise.com has named Harrison Edwards to its list of top public relations firms in Memphis, TN. The site, that aims to make it easy for searchers to find the best local experts, reviewed 173 firms and chose twelve that scored well in the following categories: An excellent reputation, with a history of delighted customers and outstanding service. Strong credibility, based on awards (of which we have more than 200!). Years of experience as maste

Bob Knight

Jul 25, 2018
3 min

Pittsburgh Broadband Summit Takeaways

Pittsburgh's stunning skyline After a morning of summer air travel (ugh!), Carolyn and I are back in the office, fully energized by what we absorbed at Next Century Cities' (NCC) Regional Broadband Summit in Pittsburgh. NCC masterfully crafted an agenda that covered everything from federal and state-level policy, to digital inclusion, 5G deployment, and the financing new broadband networks. We've returned with some interesting takeaways: Tom Coverick, Keybanc Capital Markets

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