ILSR, a member of the Rural Internet and Broadband Policy Group, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on the matter of a national broadband...
We have added a new sector to the Information Policy Area – Open Source / Open Standards. The first rule in this new sector is...
ILSR announces a new site focusing on publicly owned broadband networks and the benefits they offer to the community. MuniNetworks.org explains the many advantages of...
Lafayette, Louisiana is one community among hundreds that are building publicly owned, broadband networks to ensure their community with thrive in the 21st century. They...
We just added a new rule to our database – Saint Paul, MN, is building a robust core network to meet its telecommunications needs (as...
Cory Doctorow, a strong proponent of network neutrality explains not just why we must preserve the Internet as it is, but also why we have...
"Community Owned Networks Benefit Everyone," an article written by Christopher Mitchell to explain why community networks are the only means of spurring true competition in...
One of the key reforms pushed by the Obama Administration is to move away from paper medical health records to paperless, electronic systems. Electronic records...
Benoit Felten of FiberEvolution.com interviews Tim Nulty (former GM of Burlington Telecom, currently working on massive rural FTTH network in Vermont) at the Freedom to...
Who makes the rules for how you use your Internet Connection? Who decides whether it should upgrade the network speeds? For most of us, private...
The Wired Road has begun operations, bringing an open services, fiber to the home and wireless network to the community. The network is owned by...
ILSR submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (in the Department of Commerce) and the Rural Utilities Service regarding the Broadband Technology Opportunies...
Public entities are increasingly recognized as important to expanding broadband access. A panel from the Freedom to Connect conference discussd the changing nature of broadband...
The stimulus bill prioritizes public entities and nonprofits for grants to build broadband networks. When Congress passed the stimulus package (ARRA), it included $7.2billion to...
App-rising.com‘s Geoff Daily interviews Christopher Mitchell about who should receive grants from the broadband stimulus funds and what technologies should be prioritized. 15 minutes long.…...