One of the reasons we so strongly support local, community owned broadband networks over European-like regulations on private companies is that large institutions regularly game...
Susan Crawford on the importance of government policy. People who are concerned about the future of the Internet need to pay attention or the cable...
Recently, we let you know about the situation in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, population 15,039. The town is now investigating the possibility of building their own...
We apologize for the last week of glitches and errors you have been having in trying to use our site. Our thoroughly incompetent web hosts...
Both chambers of the Republican-controlled Michigan legislature are pushing to privatize that state’s prisons. Like a similar bill introduced by Florida Republicans that was narrowly...
After Wall Street popularized the term “mortgage-backed securities” in their destruction of the economy in 2008, you could be forgiven for thinking “solar securities” are...
We have brought you news about DC-Net before and have even highlighted the community network in our report, Breaking the Broadband Monopoly. Now we want...
Christopher Mitchell recently presented at the Broadband Communities Summit 12 in Dallas, Texas. The two-day event, April 24th and 25th, brought together experts from all...
After winning the Illinois primary, Mitt Romney delivered a victory speech in which he deplored America’s lost “can do spirit”. Unsurprisingly, he blamed it on...
In lieu of smarter policy, schools, libraries, and city buildings hoping to install solar power have to resort to complex public-private partnerships to access federal...
If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a “rule” that precludes distributed renewable energy projects from supplying more than 15% of the power to most “distribution...
ILSR’s series of workshops, supported by the Community Foundation of Dubuque and the Four Mounds Foundation, in 2008 led to the scope of work for...
In 2005, Seattle started offering free Wi-Fi to several neighborhoods, hoping to increase usage among businesses, residents, and passers-by. While the effort was hailed by...
We told you how Chanute, Kansas, was using their community network to serve local businesses. Now we want to share a story about how the...
Our own Christopher Mitchell will be speaking at two upcoming events on broadband and the future of the Internet. First, Christopher will be at F2C:...