Faster Internet? FCC Could Overturn State Bans on Cities’ Networks

Date: 1 Aug 2014 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

USA Today, August 1, 2014 Chattanooga, Tenn., is the unlikely poster child for fast, affordable high-speed Internet.  It’s the first city in the nation to offer all residents and businesses up to gigabit-per-second Internet — about 50 times faster than what the Federal Communications Commission says is the national average. But laws in 19 states make … Read More

$1 Groupon Coupon for Rooftop Solar Energy Finds 800+ Takers

Date: 1 Aug 2014 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Inside Climate News, August 1, 2014 Over 800 people across the United States took advantage of a novel online deal to get a discount setting up solar panels on their rooftops. One of America’s top solar companies, SolarCity, partnered with the coupon website Groupon for the offer. For $1—the price of a regular cup of coffee … Read More

Cities Petition FCC to Remove State Barriers to Broadband Competition

Date: 24 Jul 2014 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Government Technology, July 24, 2014 The fight over cities’ rights to own, operate and expand community broadband networks now has a new battleground – the FCC. Wilson, N.C.; and Chattanooga, Tenn.; filed a petition with the Commission on July 24 to remove state laws that prevent them from offering broadband services outside of their established territories. … Read More

Amazon’s loathsome tax scheme: How behemoths defeat Main Street — and how we can stop them

Date: 12 Jul 2014 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Salon, July 12, 2014 A motley group of boomers and millennials recently filed into Scottish Rite Center on the shores of Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, to talk about economics. Dressed casually in denim, lace and cotton and sporting dreadlocks, bobs and buzz cuts, these small-business owners hailed from rural bergs, little towns and long-neglected urban … Read More

D.C. Waste Bill Supported by Environmental Groups; Mayor Gray Seeks Delay

Date: 8 Jul 2014 | posted in: Composting, Media Coverage, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Examiner.com, July 8, 2014 The D.C. Council’s second vote on a bill to reduce the amount of city garbage dumped in landfills or sent to incinerators is scheduled for July 14, 2014. But D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, a proponent of sustainability, has sought to delay the bill. Imagine three different colored garbage cans in front … Read More

Minnesota-wide broadband goal unlikely to be met by 2015

Date: 20 Jun 2014 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Twin Cities Pioneer Press, June 20, 2014 John Socha once yearned to work from his Spring Grove home, but was crippled by out-of-date technology – notably his excruciatingly pokey rural Minnesota dial-up Internet access. So Socha, a creator of digital-audio content for radio, had to journey nine miles to a Caledonia office for an Internet connection fast enough … Read More

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