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Service Unavailable: The Failure of Competition – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 196 Apr 06, 2016

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If you are paying close attention to discussions about broadband policy, you may have come across Fred Pilot's reminders that competition is not a cure-all for our Internet access woes across the United States. The blogger and author joins us for episode 196 of Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary]. Fred Pilot's new book, Service Unavailable: America's Telecommunications … Continue reading "Service Unavailable: The Failure of Competition – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 196" ★ Support this podcast ★

Montgomery Sees Job Gains in Alabama After Establishing Internet Exchange – Community Broadband Bits Episode 195 Mar 29, 2016

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In a partnership with the Department of Defense, the city of Montgomery has created Alabama's first Internet Exchange. This week, project manager for Montgomery Cyber Connection, Ben Venable, joins us to discuss this project and the gains the community is already seeing from it. The effort is a true partnership between General Steven Kwast at … Continue reading "Montgomery Sees Job Gains in Alabama After Establishing Internet Exchange – Community Broadband Bits Episode 195" ★ Support this podcast ★

ISP US Internet Gets More Respect Than Rodney Dangerfield – Community Broadband Bits 194 Mar 22, 2016

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In Minneapolis, a small and privately owned ISP has been steadily building fiber across the city and developing a stunning reputation for great customer service, low and predictable pricing, and generally being a great company to do business with. Co-founder Travis Carter of US Internet joins us for episode 194 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] … Continue reading "ISP US Internet Gets More Respect Than Rodney Dangerfield – Community Broadband Bits 194" ★ Support this podcast ★

One Touch Make Ready and Wireless Innovation in Louisville – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 193 Mar 15, 2016

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When we asked Ted Smith, Chief Innovation Officer of Louisville, Kentucky, to join us for episode 193 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Bits podcast, we expected to talk about the one touch make ready policy they had enacted (and AT&T has since sued to stop). We did, but we ended with a focus on how … Continue reading "One Touch Make Ready and Wireless Innovation in Louisville – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 193" ★ Support this podcast ★

The FCC's Pro-Competition Agenda – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 192 Mar 08, 2016

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This week we welcome Gigi Sohn, Counselor to Chairman Wheeler of the Federal Communications Commission, to Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] for episode 192. Before joining the FCC, Gigi was a founder of Public Knowledge. Gigi discusses the pro-competition agenda that Chairman Wheeler has advanced, including the efforts to ensure communities can decide locally whether to build … Continue reading "The FCC's Pro-Competition Agenda – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 192" ★ Support this podcast ★

Exploring the Huntsville Fiber Model – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 191 Mar 01, 2016

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Last week, we were excited at the announcement from Huntsville Utilities in Alabama. Huntsville is building a municipal dark fiber network to every premise in its territory that will be open to multiple service providers. Google has already committed to using it to bring real connectivity to the community. In this week's episode, 191, we … Continue reading "Exploring the Huntsville Fiber Model – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 191" ★ Support this podcast ★

Rural Broadband Expansion Ignores Economic Development Potential in Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 190 Feb 23, 2016

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For years, many rural communities suffered from a broadband donut hole problem – the investment in better-than-dial-up was in the population center, leaving a donut of poor access around it. Now policy to reverse that in places like Minnesota is perversely creating the opposite problem, to the detriment of the entire community. This week on … Continue reading "Rural Broadband Expansion Ignores Economic Development Potential in Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 190" ★ Support this podcast ★

Muni Fiber Tennessee Twofer: Columbia and Pulaski – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 189 Feb 16, 2016

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We cover a lot of Tennessee ground in this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast – episode 189 – from a cable network to muni Fiber-to-the-Home; Columbia to Pulaski. Wes Kelley, the Executive Director of the Columbia Power and Water Systems is our guest to talk about Columbia's cable and Pulaski's fiber. He cut his teeth … Continue reading "Muni Fiber Tennessee Twofer: Columbia and Pulaski – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 189" ★ Support this podcast ★

North Carolina Coop Fibers Up Rural Counties and More – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 188 Feb 09, 2016

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North Carolina is increasingly split between those in urban areas, where some private sector providers are investing in next-generation gigabit networks, and rural areas where the big providers have no plans to invest in modern networks. But coming out of Wilkes County, a cooperative ISP called Wilkes Communications and River Street Networks is taking fiber … Continue reading "North Carolina Coop Fibers Up Rural Counties and More – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 188" ★ Support this podcast ★

Andrew Blum Decides to Visit the Internet – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 187 Feb 02, 2016

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We head directly into the Internet this week with Andrew Blum, author of the book Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet. We wrote about it when it was published back in 2012. It is as relevant today as then – buy it from your local bookstore. In our discussion, we talk about … Continue reading "Andrew Blum Decides to Visit the Internet – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 187" ★ Support this podcast ★

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