StateTech Magazine, August 16, 2012 StateTech Magazine named ILSR’s Blog, Muninetworks.org, to their inaugural list of the best technology resources for the public sector. One thing state and local governments have in common right now is a tight budget. Residents demand that their municipality employ the utmost efficiency with their tax dollars. And why shouldn’t they? … Read More
The Atlantic Cities, August 13, 2012 When Bill Winkler opened his small archery shop, he was prepared to compete against businesses large and small – but not against a government-financed competitor. “The day Bass Pro opened here in Bossier, the number of arrows I sold dropped off by 50 percent,” says Winkler. A Bass Pro Shop … Read More
The most reliable, perhaps only reliable, source of financial information concerning the proposed garbage incinerator in Frederick County, MD has not been the Authority or the County Commissioners. Rather it has been the citizens and small business owners in the county. Here is another contribution to the public.… Read More
Get Solar, August 3, 2012 The Aloha State has many natural resources, including its volcanoes and its miles of shoreline, but one thing the state lacks is an abundant source of fossil fuels. Hawaii had to import 94 percent of its energy sources in 2010, according to the Energy Information Association. However, Hawaii does have an … Read More
TreeHugger, August 2, 2012 Some days I think I should just set up a redirect to Steve Mouzon at the Original Green and Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard and go for a long hiking vacation; they are both turning out such interesting stuff and have turned into a bit of a tag team. Mouzon recently had … Read More
Slate, August 1, 2012 Imagine paying $40 per gallon of gasoline when people in neighboring towns are paying $4. Or paying $8 per kilowatt-hour for electricity when others were paying 8 cents. Unthinkable! But this stark disparity is commonplace when it comes to paying for Internet access in the United States. As the recent report “The … Read More
Forbes, August 1, 2012 In the excitement around Google‘s unveiling of the $70 gigabit broadband connection in Kansas City, some may be wondering how it is that Google can offer a gigabit for moderately more than what most of us pay for far slower cable broadband connections. On one side of the equation is the fact … Read More
The Atlantic, August 1, 2012 It is worth reading this recent posting by Christopher Mitchell, on the Community Broadband Networks site, for an angle of the Google-vs.-all-comers battle not usually featured in the mainstream press. That angle is Google’s significantly cheaper cost structure for data-movement of all kinds, and the commercial and technological possibilities this opens … Read More
Broadband Communities Magazine, July 31, 2012 Broadband Communities Magazine named ILSR’s Telecommunications As Commons Initiative to their top 100 list of organizations that are making a difference to the fiber-to-the-home industry: service providers, suppliers of equipment and software, distributors, engineering and construction firms, consultants and more. The feature includes profiles of the 100 organizations, lists of … Read More
