Jon Chambers: Rethinking The Rules on The Connect America Fund – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 268
This is episode 268 of our Community Broadband Bits podcast! Community Broadband Bits is a short weekly podcast featuring interviews with people building community networks or otherwise...
Court Sides With Louisville: One Touch Make Ready Is A-Ok
Louisville has overcome a tall hurdle in its efforts to bring better connectivity and more competition to the community through local control. On August 16th...
Cell phones as a substitute for home Internet service? That’s what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suggested in an August 2017 document. Buried within the Notice...
Connectivity Coming Up Roses Since the 90s in Pasadena, California
Most people associate Pasadena with the annual Tournament of Roses parade and the Rose Bowl football game, but under the flowery surface, fiber is connecting...
Bring On The Ballots: Two More Colorado Communities Face Opt Out Question
As predicted, more Colorado communities are opting out of the state’s restrictive SB 152 that removed local telecommunications authority in 2005. Two more communities have...
Grant County, Oregon, Starts Planning Internet Infrastructure Project
With funding from the state to jumpstart their initiative, the city of John Day in Grant County, Oregon, is working with local communities to deploy...
Voters Say “Yes!” to Fiber-to-the-Home in Lyndon Township, Michigan
In a record high turnout for a non-general election, voters in Lyndon Township, Michigan, decided to approve a bond proposal to fund a publicly owned Fiber-to-the-Home...
Fond du Lac Band Builds Fiber Network in Northeast Minnesota
Native nations are building community networks, owned and operated by tribal governments to ensure that Indian Country has high-speed Internet access. In July 2017, the Fond...
Internet Association’s Video Looks At Network Neutrality And What ISPs Are Really Saying
With the FCC taking another look at the advancements in network neutrality rules passed during the Obama administration, the topic has been on the lips...
Orange County And Its Schools Work For Fiber In Virginia
With a growing need for fast, affordable, reliable connectivity, an increasing number of schools are constructing fiber optic infrastructure to serve their facilities. In some...
Vernon Communications Cooperative Connecting Rural Southwest Wisconsin
Vernon Communications Cooperative (VC Co-op), serving much of rural Vernon County, Wisconsin, was recently named a Certified Gig-Capable Provider by NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association. VC Co-op joins...
Anza Electric Cooperative: High-Speed Internet Service in Southern California
Just south of Mount San Jacinto in southern California, several small communities hope for better Internet access. The local cooperative has submitted a plan to...
Among the rolling hills and mountains of Appalachia sits the small city of Williamstown, Kentucky, in central Grant County. Home to about 3,500 people, Williamstown is the center...
