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Pasadena Benefits From Municipal Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 265 Aug 08, 2017

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It shouldn't be surprising that the city that is home to CalTech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory needs high-quality connectivity. Those institutions are part of the reason Pasadena began investing in its own fiber network.To learn the other reasons and how they went about it, Pasadena's Telecom & Regulatory Administrator Lori Sandoval joins us on Community Broadband … Continue reading "Pasadena Benefits From Municipal Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 265" ★ Support this podcast ★

Connecting San Francisco Low-Income Housing with Monkey Brains – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 264 Aug 01, 2017

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After we saw April Glaser's article on a local San Francisco ISP connecting low-income housing to high-quality Internet access, we knew we wanted to learn more. Preston Rhea is the Senior Field Engineer for Monkey Brains and someone we knew from his work with the Open Technology Institute at New America. He joins us with … Continue reading "Connecting San Francisco Low-Income Housing with Monkey Brains – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 264" ★ Support this podcast ★

Dark Fiber Brightens Downtown Business Climate in Eugene – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 263 Jul 26, 2017

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Eugene is a good example of recent public-public partnerships developing to expand fiber optic Internet access. The city of 166,000 in Oregon helped finance a downtown dark fiber network by the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB), which is publicly owned but has an independent governing board from the city. Eugene's Economic Development Planner Anne Fifield … Continue reading "Dark Fiber Brightens Downtown Business Climate in Eugene – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 263" ★ Support this podcast ★

Microsoft Supercharges TV White Spaces – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 262 Jul 18, 2017

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After a recent announcement from Microsoft committing to building rural networks using TV white spaces [NYT, Ars Technica stories], we asked Public Knowledge Senior Vice President and long-time TVWS enthusiast Harold Feld to explain the significance. We discuss what TVWS are and why this announcement is such a big deal given that we have previously covered multiple … Continue reading "Microsoft Supercharges TV White Spaces – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 262" ★ Support this podcast ★

Sonic Suggests Dark Fiber for Munis – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 261 Jul 11, 2017

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Sonic is one of the best ISPs in the nation – well beloved by its California subscribers and policy geeks like us in part because of its CEO and Co-Founder, Dane Jasper. Dane combines a tremendous amount of technical and business knowledge in a thoughtful and friendly personality. And while we don't always agree, we are always … Continue reading "Sonic Suggests Dark Fiber for Munis – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 261" ★ Support this podcast ★

Broadband Planning and How Government Creates Markets – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 260 Jun 27, 2017

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Just what does it take to have a market? It may be more complicated than you think — and in large part because of the things most of us don't notice that governments do. We discuss this and the role of broadband planners with Alex Marshall on Community Broadband Bits podcast 260. Alex is the author … Continue reading "Broadband Planning and How Government Creates Markets – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 260" ★ Support this podcast ★

Ammon Examines Muni Fiber Impact – Community Broadband Bits 259 Jun 19, 2017

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For episode 259 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we are going back to the well in Ammon, Idaho – one of the most creative and forward-thinking fiber network deployments in the country. Strategic Networks Group has completed a study examining the impact of Ammon's open muni fiber network on local businesses and residents.To discuss … Continue reading "Ammon Examines Muni Fiber Impact – Community Broadband Bits 259" ★ Support this podcast ★

Roosevelt Institute Argues for Better Broadband Policy – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 258 Jun 13, 2017

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As the telecommunications and broadband market has become more and more consolidated, it has drawn more attention, leading to more attention from people that actually care about functioning markets. Enter the Roosevelt Institute and their report, Crossed Lines: Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Demands a New Approach to Antitrust.Roosevelt Institute Senior Economist and Fellow Marshall … Continue reading "Roosevelt Institute Argues for Better Broadband Policy – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 258" ★ Support this podcast ★

Chattanooga Fiber Surpasses Expectations, Offers Lessons – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 257 Jun 06, 2017

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One of the very many treats at Mountain Connect this year was a keynote from Chattanooga EPB's Director of Fiber Technology, Colman Keane. (Watch it here.) After discussing their remarkable successes, we snagged an interview with him (he was last on the show for episode 175).We discuss whether or not Chattanooga is an appropriate role … Continue reading "Chattanooga Fiber Surpasses Expectations, Offers Lessons – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 257" ★ Support this podcast ★

Colorado Chooses to Subsidize DSL Rather than Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 256 May 30, 2017

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In an exciting milestone, this is podcast 100000000. Or 256 in decimal – you know, for the squares. While at the always-amazing Mountain Connect event in Colorado, I snagged an interview with Doug Seacat of Deeply Digital and Clearnetworx. They sought a grant from the Colorado Broadband Fund to deploy fiber and wireless to underserved Ridgway … Continue reading "Colorado Chooses to Subsidize DSL Rather than Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 256" ★ Support this podcast ★

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