Let me start by saying that I don’t yet know anything in addition to what I write below. We are all waiting for more details....
John St. Julien covered this story last month, but I couldn’t resist amplifying it. Cox Cable, which has undoubtedly told hundreds of communities that they...
Last week the DC City Council held a public hearing on Mayor Vincent Gray’s Sustainable DC Omnibus Act of 2013 (Bill 20-573), which aims to...
This article originally ran January 14 on MuniNetworks.org, our site dedicated to broadband and community networks. In addition to the broader topic of Network Neutrality, the...
This article originally ran on MuniNetworks.org, our site dedicated to broadband and community networks. This the second in a series of posts exploring lessons learned from...
As we noted yesterday, the DC Circuit of Appeals has decided that the FCC does not have authority to implement its Open Internet (network neutrality)...
Exemptions for Undue Hardships San Francisco “Any person may seek a waiver from the requirements of Section 1604 of this Chapter by filing a request...
WHEREAS, the District of Columbia has a duty to protect the natural environment, the economy, and the health of its citizens; and WHEREAS, single-use disposable...
Implement earlier than January 1, 2018: Consider making this part of the bill effective within one year of passage. This is typical of the dozens...
Polystyrene is made from the styrene monomer, which is a known neurotoxicant and was elevated in 2011 from being a possible human carcinogen to being...
Are Republicans inconsistent when they sometimes support using offsets and indexing and sometimes don’t? Not at all. They’re actually very consistent. When capital comes asking...
After a listener suggested we do a show on the modern role of public access media, we decided to reach out to Mike Wassenaar, now...
The natural tendency of the private sector, when unrestrained, is to strip us of our personal physical and psychic space. Just look at what has...
The private sector has had a very bad month. Its most widely publicized failure occurred when UPS and FedEx fumbled their Christmas deliveries while the...
In Springfield, Ohio, community leaders are looking for ways to use their share of a commercially owned fiber optic loop on the eastern side of...