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.