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Glenwood Springs Shares Lessons Learned – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 206 Jun 14, 2016

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Last week, while at my favorite regional broadband conference – Mountain Connect, I was asked to moderate a panel on municipal fiber projects in Colorado. You can watch it via the periscope video stream that was recorded. It was an excellent panel and led to this week's podcast, a discussion with Glenwood Springs Information Systems … Continue reading "Glenwood Springs Shares Lessons Learned – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 206" ★ Support this podcast ★

Whip City Fiber Expanding – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 205 Jun 07, 2016

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Last month we wrote wrote about the Whip City Fiber Pilot project in Westfield, Massachusetts expanding and this week we interview two people from Westfield Gas & Electric about the effort. Aaron Bean is the Operations Manager and Sean Fitzgerald is the Key Accounts and Customer Service Manager. We discuss their pilot project, how they … Continue reading "Whip City Fiber Expanding – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 205" ★ Support this podcast ★

Over 100 Years of Muni Telecom in Churchill County – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 204 May 31, 2016

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For more than 100 years, Nevada's Churchill County has been operating its own telecommunications system, Churchill Communications. In recent years, they upgraded the vast majority of the county from copper to fiber offering a gigabit connection to the Internet. Churchill Communications General Manager Mark Feest joins us this week for Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Episode 204. … Continue reading "Over 100 Years of Muni Telecom in Churchill County – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 204" ★ Support this podcast ★

Tennessee Potential Partnership Between Morristown Muni and AEC Co-op – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 203 May 25, 2016

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In Tennessee, this month marks 10 years of Morristown Utility Systems delivering fiber-optic triple-play service to the community, including great Internet access. But those living just outside the city and in nearby cities have poor access at best. MUS General Manager and CEO Jody Wigington returns to our show this week and we also welcome … Continue reading "Tennessee Potential Partnership Between Morristown Muni and AEC Co-op – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 203" ★ Support this podcast ★

Meeting the American Cable Association – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 202 May 17, 2016

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The American Cable Association (ACA) represents over 800 small and medium-sized cable companies around the United States, including many municipal cable and fiber-optic networks. This week, we talk with ACA President and CEO Matt Polka about what they do and how small cable companies are vastly different from the big companies like Comcast and Charter. … Continue reading "Meeting the American Cable Association – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 202" ★ Support this podcast ★

Fairlawn Focuses on Citywide Gig Infrastructure – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 201 May 10, 2016

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On the outskirts of Akron, just south of Cleveland, the community of Fairlawn is building a citywide wireless and fiber optic network using an interesting model. Most of the citywide municipal Internet networks in the U.S. have been built by communities with a municipal electric power company. Fairlawn has no such utility, not even a … Continue reading "Fairlawn Focuses on Citywide Gig Infrastructure – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 201" ★ Support this podcast ★

Crazy Talk from Another Telco-Funded Think Tank – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 200 May 03, 2016

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This week, we discuss a report with zero credibility from the State Government Leadership Foundation, which was written by a well-known telco economist from the Phoenix Center. Entitled, “The Impact of Government-Owned Broadband Networks on Private Investment and Consumer Welfare,” the report [pdf] makes so many factual errors that one wonders just how much these … Continue reading "Crazy Talk from Another Telco-Funded Think Tank – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 200" ★ Support this podcast ★

Valparaiso Embraces Dark Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 199 Apr 26, 2016

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When Valparaiso, Indiana looked into solutions for a business that needed better Internet connectivity than incumbent providers were willing to reasonably provide, it quickly found that many businesses were lacking the access they needed. The market was broken; this wasn't an isolated incident. Correction: Lisa misspeaks in the intro, saying Valparaiso is northeast of Chicago. … Continue reading "Valparaiso Embraces Dark Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 199" ★ Support this podcast ★

A New Cooperative Model for Fiber to the Farm – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 198 Apr 19, 2016

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When we launched this podcast in 2012, we kicked it off with an interview from Minnesota's farm country, Sibley County. We were excited at their passion for making sure every farm was connected with high quality Internet access. After the project took a turn and became a brand new cooperative, we interviewed them again in … Continue reading "A New Cooperative Model for Fiber to the Farm – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 198" ★ Support this podcast ★

Webpass and Its Fixed Wireless Seek Fix for Landlord Abuses – Community Broadband Bits Episode 197 Apr 12, 2016

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San Francisco is one of the rare cities that has multiple high quality ISPs competing for market share, though the vast majority of people still seem to be stuck choosing only between Comcast and AT&T. This week, we talk to a rising ISP, Webpass, about their success and challenges in expanding their model. Charles Barr … Continue reading "Webpass and Its Fixed Wireless Seek Fix for Landlord Abuses – Community Broadband Bits Episode 197" ★ Support this podcast ★

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