Kentucky Coalition Takes Down AT&T Bill to Remove Consumer Phone Protections – Community Broadband Bits #44
Episode #44 of our Community Broadband Bits podcast expands on our story exploring a major victory over bad AT&T-driven legislation in Kentucky. We welcome Mimi...
Carroll County Explains Many Benefits of County Owned Fiber – Community Broadband Bits #43
Chief Information Officer for the Carroll County Public Schools Gary Davis joins me to explain why the Carroll County Government, Public Schools, Public Library, and...
Due to the many exciting developments in the U.S., we rarely have time to peek at interesting projects overseas, but Australia is experiencing a political...
Catching Up on UC2B in Illinois – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #42
The home of the first web browser (Mosiac) is now building an exciting open access network – the twin cities of Urbana-Champaign received a stimulus...
Sascha Meinrath Causes a Commotion on Community Broadband Bits #41
Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation, joined me at the National Conference for Media Reform to discuss...
War for the Web Documentary Halfway Through Production
War for the Web is halfway through production and just launched a new trailer featuring some of the interviews they have already captured: They have...
Christopher Mitchell to Join FCC Panel on Gigabit Communities
On Wednesday, March 26, Christopher Mitchell will be on the last panel at the Federal Communication Commission’s Gigabit Workshop. The full agenda is here and...
In Washington, Mt. Vernon Attracts Businesses with Open Access Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode 38
Nearly 20 years ago, a small community between Seattle and Bellingham, Washington, began building a fiber optic network to connect key municipal facilities. In the...
Cedar Falls Utility Gets High Bond Rating from Moody’s
We have long been impressed with Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) in Iowa. They built an incredibly successful municipal cable network that has now been upgraded...
