Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for the episode 41 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Sascha Meinrath about the wireless Commotion initiative. Listen to this episode here. 00:10: Lisa Gonzalez: Welcome to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. This is Lisa Gonzalez. In this episode, Christopher … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for the episode 155 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Page Clason about the plans for a municipal fiber network and partnership in Islesboro, Maine. Listen to this episode here. 00:06: Page Clason: It became painfully clear: it’s only happening if we fund it. And once … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for the episode 155 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Page Clason about the plans for a municipal fiber network and partnership in Islesboro, Maine. Listen to this episode here. 00:06: Page Clason: It became painfully clear: it’s only happening if we fund it. And once … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript to the episode 10 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Vince Jordan on the municipal fiber network now called NextLight in Longmont, Colorado. Listen to this episode here. 00:06: Christopher Mitchell: Welcome to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Episode 10. I’m Christopher Mitchell, with the Institute … Read More
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript to the episode 10 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast with Vince Jordan on the municipal fiber network now called NextLight in Longmont, Colorado. Listen to this episode here. 00:06: Christopher Mitchell: Welcome to the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Episode 10. I’m Christopher Mitchell, with the Institute … Read More
In Idaho, Ketchum appears to have abandoned its flirtation with a municipal fiber optic network, choosing instead to lay conduit as a way to encourage private investment. The decision is an interesting result that suggests incumbent Cox Communications has considerable power over local decision making. Readers may recall how in May 2013 the local broadband advisory … Read More
In Idaho, Ketchum appears to have abandoned its flirtation with a municipal fiber optic network, choosing instead to lay conduit as a way to encourage private investment. The decision is an interesting result that suggests incumbent Cox Communications has considerable power over local decision making. Readers may recall how in May 2013 the local broadband advisory … Read More
A feasibility study conducted by the Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) Electric Utility Board this April discussed several potential benefits of installing a fiber optic cable in the City of Lubbock, Texas. Charles Dunn, a member of the Utility Board, proposed installing fiber optic cables alongside the city’s utility lines, which are currently being buried underground … Read More
Changes in leadership in Chanute have put the community’s FTTH plan in suspended animation. In April, the City Commission decided to delay financing shortly before the scheduled bond sale. It is unfortunate that residents and businesses will lose the opportunities the fiber deployment would bring. Nevertheless, they deserve the right to make their own choices, good … Read More
