Kevin Litten, of the Baltimore Business Journal has published a good discussion of why Baltimore is considering a public investment to expand the City’s fiber...
In a reminder of just how poor telecommunications can be in this country, Franklin County in rural northwest Alabama has formed a Task Force to...
We are excited to continue our history series with Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Firm. This is Jim’s third time on the program,...
Even though I regularly read examples of terrible customer service from the massive corporations like AT&T, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, and more, I apparently retain...
Six months ago, I wrote about a book by Alex Marshall, the Surprising Design of Market Economies. In a few weeks, he will be presenting...
Anyone looking for a short introduction to community owned networks should start with this brief animated video. Please share it around – embed in Facebook,...
This is the third time we have found an occasion to highight the community of Ketchum in Idaho. We previously noted their work on a...
With a population of over 9,000 just across Puget Sound from Seattle, Poulsbo is a town with a lot of commuters and a vision for...
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) will present a webcast via BroadbandUS.TV tomorrow, October 1. The event focuses on broadband in schools and...
This is Part 1 in a two-part series discussing comments submitted to the FCC in response to a petition filed by Fiber-To-The-Home Council proposing a...
Google knows how to differentiate its gigabit Internet access from the slower options offered by cable and DSL. Community networks should take notes on effective...
When Indianola decided to invest in a municipal fiber network, the decision was part of a larger economic development plan that included a startup incubator...
Yet another Minnesota town is fed up with slow, unreliable Internet access and is examining what it can do to make sure it has the...
For my money, the best headline of last week was “The U.S.’s crap infrastructure threatens the cloud.” The rant goes on to explain just how...
Holyoke Gas & Electric has been connecting community anchor institutions and local businesses in Western Massachusetts with fiber networks for years. Rather than using exception...