South Carolina’s H3508 has passed the legislature, been signed by Governor Nikki R. Haley, and has revoked local authority to build the broadband networks they need to...
Sally Sorbello is a small business women and citizen activist from Frederick, MD. This letter to her local newspaper captures the essence of the case...
On Friday, July 13, I was a guest on TWiT Specials on the This Week in Tech Network, discussing bandwidth caps with Dane Jasper, Reid...
Fresno’s loss will be Provo’s gain. Why? Because Provo built its own network and can meet the modern telecommunications needs of businesses. A company is...
In its push to get into urban areas, Walmart is claiming that its stores are actually good for nearby small businesses, at least those that...
Last week, South Carolina’s General Assembly passed H3508, the ALEC and AT&T bill we previously warned you about. AT&T, ALEC, and cable companies pushed this...
Europe is taking a page from the U.S. playbook. “Local governments, desperate to find a way to preserve… (historic) sites before it is too late,”...
We have followed events in Opelika’s network project for almost two years. In addition to creating a smart-grid for its municipal electric utility, the City...
Update 12/21/12: Corrected chart. Overhead and Sales Tax had been switched in the German data column. I often get flak when I publish research on...
Government Technology interviews some local officials in Chattanooga about its network – the nation’s first network offering 1 gigabit connections throughout the entire community. The...
For the third Community Broadband Bits podcast, we decided to do a double interview, perhaps making up for skipping last week due to our Independence...
A new book from Michael J Sandel asks, “What Isn’t for Sale?” At least, that was the title of his article in the April Atlantic...
What’s the opposite of privatization? Publicization? In McAllen, Texas, an abandoned Wal Mart the size of more than two football fields has been converted into...
This is a guest post, authored by Jay April. Jay is a strong supporter of local authority and community media. He is a documentary filmmaker,...
In June, the city council of Greenacres, Florida, voted to invest $42,550 to connect to Palm Beach County’s fiber-optic network. Greenacres joins a growing list...