23 Jan 2018

Montana Governor’s Net Neutrality Guarantee Covered by Associated Press, Quotes ILSR

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 22nd, 2018 Media Outlet: Associated Press Cities and states across the country are angry at the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to repeal net neutrality protections guaranteeing Americans access to an Internet unthrottled by giant Internet companies. So, when Montana’s Governor Steve Bullock (D) delivered an order “to bar telecommunications companies from receiving state … Read More
15 Jan 2018

Alternet Details the Rise in Municipal Broadband Networks, Interviews ILSR Expert

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 15th, 2018 Media Outlet: Alternet Cities and states across the country are angry at the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to repeal net neutrality protections guaranteeing Americans access to an Internet unthrottled by giant Internet companies. This decision comes on the heels of a massively important vote held by Fort Collins to change their city … Read More
12 Jan 2018

Telecompetitor Covers Harvard Municipal Broadband Pricing Study, Cites ILSR Influence

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 12th, 2018 Media Outlet: Telecompetitor Recently, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a study detailing the pricing in municipal broadband networks versus large-scale Internet service providers. Joan Engebretson of Telecompetitor took up the story to dig into the findings of the study that munis are more competitive on … Read More
12 Jan 2018

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Profiled by New York Times on Growing Power, Interviews ILSR Expert

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In the News: Stacy Mitchell January 12th, 2018 Media Outlet: The New York Times As the power of Amazon grows, so grows the power of the worlds richest person (or second richest person depending the stock surges), Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Nick Wingfield and Nellie Bowles’ profile of Bezos in the New York Times details how Bezos … Read More
11 Jan 2018

Northeast Texas Public Radio Covers Trump’s Rural Broadband Orders

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 11th, 2018 Media Outlet: KETR 88.9 – Northeast Texas Public Radio On January 8th, President Trump released executive orders aimed at improving rural broadband, however, these orders are largely ceremonial, not effective for improving rural broadband access. KETR — or Northeast Texas Public Radio — was interested in covering this issue … Read More
9 Jan 2018

Anti-Monopoly Reporter Covers Amazon’s Public Subsidy Search in New Republic

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In the News: Stacy Mitchell January 9th, 2018 Media Outlet: The New Republic David Dayen, a prominent anti-monopoly thinker and reporter, has taken on a number of different industries in his reporting. In this piece for The New Republic, Dayen delves into Amazon’s history of public subsidies to build its prominent infrastructure network. As our comprehensive Amazon’s Stranglehold report methodically … Read More
5 Jan 2018

Harvard Municipal Broadband Pricing Study Feature Written in ArsTechnica

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In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 5th, 2018 Media Outlet: ArsTechnica Recently, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a study detailing the pricing in municipal broadband networks versus large-scale Internet service providers. ArsTechnica technology reporter Jon Brodkin covered the study and its outcomes that municipal broadband networks often have more transparent and are cheaper. Here’s ILSR’s contribution: … Read More
28 Dec 2017

North Carolina Local Media Focuses On Frontier Failures

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WLOS News 13 – December 21st, 2017 Local investigative news shows often earn a reputation for digging into scams and rip-offs that pick consumers’ pockets. In a recent WLOS News 13 Investigates segment, Western North Carolina’s ABC affiliate started asking some tough questions about Frontier’s Internet access service in rural parts of the state. A Comedy Of … Read More
20 Dec 2017

Christopher on TWiET: Net Neutrality, Munis, And Local Movements

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This Week in Enterprise Tech (TWiET) – December 15th, 2017 It wasn’t long after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and the other Republicans on the Commission rescinded network neutrality protections that murmurs began to rise about the future role of municipal networks. Soon, journalists reporting on tech issues began contacting us for comment about the intersection between network neutrality and … Read More

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