North Carolina aims to be a hotbed for innovation and technology, but the General Assembly has recently considered bills that would preempt local authority...
Twin Cities Internet subscribers pay more money for slower Internet than even small towns with community owned broadband according to a new analysis by the...
If you live in the Twin Cities, your internet connection is slower and more expensive than small town Monticello due to a reliance on big...
On August 19, 2010, ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell was one of hundreds of people telling the Federal Communications Commission to do its job and regulate in...
Chattanooga’s publicly owned fiber broadband network, EPBFi, is now offering the fastest broadband connections available anywhere in the US. Chattanooga operates the nations largest muni...
The Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has announced a citywide 1 gigabit per second (1 Gbps) broadband tier, by far the fastest citywide...
Christopher Mitchell testifies before the Commissioners Copps and Clyburn of the Federal Communications Commission at a hearing in Minneapolis on August 19, 2010.… Read More
Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative, joins Curtis Beckmann on "MN This Week" to discuss broadband networks. The 30 minute program discusses...
Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, joins Curtis Beckmann on "MN This Week" to discuss broadband...
A battle is raging for control of the Internet and it is not taking place in Washington. Scores of cities, fed up with the recalcitrance...
Christopher Mitchell joins Dave Deveraux-Weber on the "A Public Affair" show on WORT in Madison. … Read More
ILSR has released the most comprehensive and up-to-date report about publicly owned broadband networks: Breaking the Broadband Monopoly: How Communities Are Building the Networks They...
"Publicly owned fiber networks have proven globally competitive – they offer the single best hope for communities that need to stay competitive in the digital...
The vast majority of Minnesotans, like the rest of the country, are served by only two broadband suppliers: the cable or telephone company. These companies...
Community-owned broadband is one way to bring fiber to smaller markets, but many states restrict the practice. Researcher Christopher Mitchell argues that it’s time for...