12 Apr 2017

Tennessee Could Give Taxpayers America’s Fastest Internet For Free, But It Will Give Comcast and AT&T $45 Million Instead

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Tennessee has long been a thorn in the side of our broadband policy research team, thanks in large part to a pair of realities. 1) Chattanooga, Tenn. has some of the best connectivity in the world thanks to its municipal broadband network and 2) there’s a restrictive state law that disables municipalities from investing in their connectivity. Motherboard Vice‘s Jason Koebler discussed this trend and recent legislative action with Christopher Mitchell.… Read More
11 Apr 2017

Most Americans want to let cities build and sell homegrown Internet service

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Recently released research from Pew delves into a question of interest to those following our broadband research team, what do Americans think about municipally owned Internet access and investments in better Internet connectivity? In his story for the Washington Post, Brian Fung reached out to our broadband expert Christopher Mitchell for his expertise.… Read More
2 Apr 2017

LanCity Connect: Lancaster’s municipal broadband is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania

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The initiative for better, local Internet connectivity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, LanCity Connect, is an interesting and exciting new tactic to get residents of the city better access to the Internet. For this article in Lancaster Online, the author reached out to and leaned on our broadband expert Christopher Mitchell for context and questions on municipal broadband networks across the country.… Read More
2 Apr 2017

Ten Thousand Villages Cleveland Heights store closing; 30% off starts April 4

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The Cleveland Plain Dealer‘s Janet Cho often writes about the prominent local businesses in the Cleveland area. For her piece about a closing local business, Cho details the larger struggles that local, independent have by citing ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell’s book, Big Box Swindle and our subsequent research.… Read More
30 Mar 2017

Discussing the Future of Community Networks on TWiT

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On March 24th, Christopher was on episode 232 of the web show “This Week in Enterprise Tech.” Christopher discussed the future of community broadband networks in the Trump era as well as shared information about the models of successful networks across the country.

Christopher begins his discussion of these issues at 29:45 with host Friar Robert Ballecer and guest co-hosts Lou Maresca and Brian Chee. Throughout the show, the group covers the beginning of the FCC Chairmanship of Ajit Pai, how the Senate is legislating against Internet privacy regulations, and how community networks are pushing ahead to achieve better connectivity for local businesses and residents.… Read More
28 Mar 2017

The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices

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In this piece for The American Prospect, anti-monopoly writer and journalist David Dayen details a hidden example of concentrated economic power: pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). For his piece he quotes ILSR co-director and Community-Scaled Economy initiative director Stacy Mitchell on the way that these PBMs harm local pharmacies.… Read More
23 Mar 2017

J.C. Penney, Sears and Kmart Store Closings the Latest Casualty as Amazon Continues to Dominate Retail Sphere

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Published in Nasdaq Global Newswire: “News outlets are taking notice of J.C. Penney, but locally-owned small businesses – the proverbial “canary in the coal mine” have been dealing with everything from big box stores to e-commerce. In the wake of 138 store closings announced by J.C. Penney plus another 150 Sears and Kmarts — most in small cities — national retailers are now feeling the pinch too. The Institute for Local Self Reliance (www.ILSR.org) and Local First Arizona (www.localfirstaz.com) are calling on the nation to shift a portion of their shopping from online retailers like Amazon to locally owned or national retailers in their communities.”… Read More

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