On January 12th, 2016 StateTech Magazine delved into the possibility that Newark, Delaware was looking into a community broadband possibility, and their reporters reached out to our expert Christopher Mitchell for his insight on the landscape of community networks across America.… Read More
On January 9th, 2016, the San Antonio Express-News cited our original research on the benefits of small-scale community banks in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential Election.… Read More
On January 8th, 2016, Christopher Mitchell was quoted in a story written by Government Technology on the fiber plan that Shawnee, Kansas is enacting to better the infrastructure and future of their community. In Mitchell’s words: “A master plan shows that a community is thinking about the long term”.… Read More
On December 27th, 2015, Christopher Mitchell was quoted by the Delaware News Journal on Newark, N.J.’s decision to study public broadband networks. Here’s a sampling: “Cities and other municipalities began to offer such services to improve access. Today, the motivation is to disrupt a market sometimes dominated entirely by Comcast and Verizon to compete in terms of quality and price, Mitchell said. Mitchell said some municipally sponsored systems have been able to offer 1 gigabyte-per-second Internet for around $75 a month. A gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes.”… Read More
The Salt Lake Tribune published this op-ed championing local investment in Internet infrastructure on December 11, 2015. Op-ed: Spanish Fork’s success shows municipal Internet networks work By Christopher Mitchell For nearly 10 years, large telephone and cable companies have claimed municipal Internet networks are so risky that local government authority should be restricted. But after … Read More
The Hill, December 11, 2015 In his 1790 Report on Manufactures, Alexander Hamilton argued that America’s “infant” industries needed to be protected from competitors in Britain and France in order to achieve what we now call economies of scale. Hamilton’s report was subsequently used to justify the imposition of huge tariffs on U.S. imports, many of … Read More
Governing Magazine, December 2015 With Uber and Airbnb, money flows out of a community. Co-ops could counter that. Propelled by the idea of “the Uber of everything,” many people are predicting that ever-proliferating “network companies” will radically change the older ways of doing business in all sorts of new fields. Something like that certainly seems to … Read More
Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 28, 2015 If local business owners see a surge in shoppers Saturday, they can thank Barbara Mason. As the county’s economic development coordinator, she recruited more than 800 local retailers, restaurants and service providers to join Santa Cruz County Small Business Saturday. In October, her goal was 500. “If you’re looking for … Read More
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 28, 2015 Shortly after the doors opened on Saturday for the Urban Garage Sale — about the time the disc jockey was cranking up The Mighty Tom Cats’ version of “Soul Makossa” — a line of people snaked around two sides of a city block waiting to get in. Turner Hall Ballroom in downtown Milwaukee can accommodate … Read More
