Minneapolis, Minn.– (March 5, 2008). The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) congratulates the 25 Vermont towns that have voted to join the East Central Vermont...
Too many cities in California are stuck with slow (or no) broadband access. As the United States continues to dip in international broadband rankings, individual...
For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: 612-276-3456 New Report Concludes: To Be Competitive, Cities Must Own High Speed Information Networks https://staging.ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/files/munibb_0.pdfMinneapolis, Minn.– (January 22, 2008)....
The United States, creator of the Internet, increasingly lags in high-speed access to it. In the absence of a national broadband strategy, hundreds of communities...
The United States, creator of the Internet, increasingly lags in access to it. In the absence of a national broadband strategy, many communities have invested...
The United States, birthplace to the Internet, now lags in access to it. Countriesin Asia and Europe now have faster and cheaper connections, allowing their...
Fiber-optic networks – the roads of the digital age By Christopher Mitchell, originally published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, December 5, 2007 The United...
A short time ago, to much less fanfare, Comcast decided to stop providing free telecommunications services to many police and fire stations in communities around...
Listen to Christopher Mitchell discuss his recent Burlington Case Study with John Gordon from Future Tense. … Read More
Hundreds of communities across the United States are considering municipal fiber network projects. Nearly all will have to start from scratch, spending years building the...
In the modern world, broadband information networks are essential infrastructure, a combination of the past’s canals, telegraph wires, interstate highways, and airports. Unfortunately, other developed...
A growing number of opinion leaders are rallying behind the argument that only federal leadership can stop the United States’ slide into broadband oblivion. In...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 8, 2007 Publicly owned networks are the key to universal access and healthy competition Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public...
In a now widely dispersed article, Greg Richardson of Civitium has a bone to pick with my organization. His complaint? Our “far left” “bias”“on public...
A study commissioned by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recommends publicly owned fiber network to promote economic development and bridge the digital divide. Download...