Having just returned from a short trip to Sweden, Lisa Gonzalez and I discuss what I learned and how Stockholm has become one of the...
In 1998, Santa Monica created a Telecommunications Master Plan that has guided it for the past fifteen years in building an impressive fiber network connecting...
A recent in-depth article from the Keene Sentinel updates us on the status of New Hampshire’s HB 286, which would expand bonding authority for local...
We should probably be thanking Comcast for its attempt to take over Time Warner Cable. It has inspired a shocking amount of vitriol against the...
While Comcast focuses on increasing its market power rather than improving services in the communities it monopolizes, no one should be surprised that we are...
More communities are today considering how they can improve Internet access in their community than at any other time. Having a gigabit is quickly becoming...
We are supportive of the announcement today from the Federal Communications Commission. We salute the FCC for beginning to examine how state level barriers against...
Ammon, a town of 14,000 in southeast Idaho, has been incrementally building an open access, fiber optic network that has connected community anchor institutions and...
One of the main differentiator’s of community owned networks compared to the big cable and telephone companies is customer service. Being rooted in the community,...
It is hard to say just how bad of an idea it is for us to allow Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable. This is...
The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, which we have written about many times, is at a crossroads. An Australian corporation specializing in infrastructure is prepared...
The focus on community networks tends to linger on the technology – FTTH is much faster and more reliable than cable or DSL services. But...
When the DC Circuit Court handed down a decision ruling against the FCC’s Open Internet (network neutrality) rules, it also clarified that the FCC has...
The Center for Public Integrity released data last year showing some of the ways big cable companies are distorting our republic by funnelling millions into...
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sees expanding Internet access as a justice issue and wants to make sure every Baltimore resident benefits from City assets, including...