AT&T Is Abandoning Tens of Thousands of American Households in the Deep South Who Have No Other Internet Access Option
AT&T has stopped making connections to users subscribing to its DSL Internet as of October 1st. The most conservative number of those affected by the...
How a Texas City Quietly Built Residents a Free Wi-Fi Network Over the Summer
Over the summer, the city of McAllen, Texas (pop. 140,000) collected broadband data, designed, and deployed a fixed wireless networks which to date covers more...
Whip City Fiber’s Next Phase: Connecting Hill Towns in Western Massachusetts — Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 429
Westfield’s Whip City Fiber is bringing municipally owned gigabit Internet to twenty Western Massachussetts Hill Towns over the next few years. … Read More
Oregon Passes New Universal Service Fee Law to Expand Rural Internet Access
Over the summer, Oregon created a larger rural broadband development fund by revising its state Universal Service Fund program to include wireless and VoIP telephone...
Illinois City Brings No-Cost Internet Access to Students in Mobile Home Park
When schools in Champaign, Illinois, realized that many kids living in a mobile home park weren’t online after the pandemic hit, a coalition came together...
Near the Heart of Silicon Valley, a Community Failed by the Big Internet Providers Is Building Its Own Network
Scott Vanderlip can see Google’s headquarters from his house in the town of Los Altos Hills, California. Still, some of his neighbors struggle to access...
How West Des Moines, Iowa, Is Bringing Google Fiber’s High-Speed Internet to City Residents
In this episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher is joined by Jamie Letzring, Deputy City Manager for West Des Moines, Iowa, and Dave...
How One City Is Using Wi-Fi to Connect Low-Income Families and Students
Marin County and the city of San Rafael, California, have built a Wi-Fi mesh network in the city’s Canal neighborhood to connect over 2,000 students...
What Your City Can Do to Close Digital Divides During Covid
To help local governments that want to improve connectivity during the pandemic, we at the Community Broadband Networks initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance...
Pilot Project Brings Telehealth to Barbershops and Salons for Hypertension Screening
A new pilot project is bringing telehealth services to barbershops and salons. The aim is to leverage all of the unique characteristics of these businesses...
San Antonio Using City Infrastructure to Connect 20,000 Students in Need
A new initiative in San Antonio, Texas, called Connected Beyond the Classroom, which will begin launching over the next weeks, will leverage city-owned fiber infrastructure...
