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Peering: Then and Now on Community Broadband Bits Podcast #96 Apr 29, 2014

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This week we are welcoming Scott Bradner, a long time doer, writer, and thinker on Internet matters. Thanks to a listener request, we had already recorded an interview last week discussing peering before the news broke that the FCC would be allowing paid prioritization peering arrangements, which many have said represents the end of network … Continue reading "Peering: Then and Now on Community Broadband Bits Podcast #96" ★ Support this podcast ★

Montrose Moves Toward Muni Network -Community Broadband Bits Podcast #95 Apr 22, 2014

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Nestled in a valley in the Colorado rockies, the city of Montrose has voted overwhelmingly to reestablish local authority over whether to build a municipal fiber network. With nearly 20,000 people, Montrose does have cable service from Charter and DSL from CenturyLink but neither service is meeting local needs. Virgil Turner, Director of Innovation and … Continue reading "Montrose Moves Toward Muni Network -Community Broadband Bits Podcast #95" ★ Support this podcast ★

Advice for Starting a Community Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode #94 Apr 15, 2014

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The Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast this week focuses on what people can do to start building a grassroots effort for a network in their community. John St Julien of Lafayette, Louisiana, returns to the show to discuss what they did and ideas for others to follow. John was last on the show for episode 19, … Continue reading "Advice for Starting a Community Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode #94" ★ Support this podcast ★

Benefits of Increased Broadband Utilization – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #93 Apr 08, 2014

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While in Iowa for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities telecom conference, I had a chance to interview Michael Curri, the Founder and President of Strategic Networks Group – SNG. He and I have long had great discussions at events around the country and I attempted to recreate some of the key points in this … Continue reading "Benefits of Increased Broadband Utilization – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #93" ★ Support this podcast ★

Understanding the Georgia Communications Cooperative – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #92 Apr 01, 2014

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While at the SEATOA Conference in Raleigh last week, I met Mike Foor, the President and CEO of the Georgia Communications Cooperative (GCC). Given the important role GCC is playing in expanding great Internet access in rural Georgia, we wanted to interview him for Community Broadband Bits. Back in episode 46, we spoke with Paul … Continue reading "Understanding the Georgia Communications Cooperative – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #92" ★ Support this podcast ★

To Overbuild or Underbuild? A Rural Policy Conundrum – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #91 Mar 25, 2014

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Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or a coop receiving subsidies from government to engage in overbuilding, where it builds a fiber network in an area already served by slow DSL and cable networks. This has become an important issue … Continue reading "To Overbuild or Underbuild? A Rural Policy Conundrum – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #91" ★ Support this podcast ★

Exploring Santa Monica's Incremental Fiber Approach – Community Broadband Bits Episode 90 Mar 18, 2014

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Just a few weeks after releasing our case study of Santa Monica's City Net, we have an opportunity to interview Jory Wolf, CIO of Santa Monica, and the chief driver of City Net. This is episode #90 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast. We talk about how City Net got its start with a smart … Continue reading "Exploring Santa Monica's Incremental Fiber Approach – Community Broadband Bits Episode 90" ★ Support this podcast ★

History of the Quickly Subverted 1996 Telecommunications Act – Community Broadband Bits Episode 89 Mar 11, 2014

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If all had gone according to the plan behind the 1996 Telecommunications Act, we would have lots of competition among Internet service providers, not just cable and DSL but other technologies as well. Alas, the competing technologies never really appeared and various incarnations of the FCC effectively gutted the common carriage requirements at the heart … Continue reading "History of the Quickly Subverted 1996 Telecommunications Act – Community Broadband Bits Episode 89" ★ Support this podcast ★

Overview of Stockholm's Stokab – Community Broadband Bits Episode #88 Mar 04, 2014

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Having just returned from a short trip to Sweden, Lisa Gonzalez and I discuss what I learned and how Stockholm has become one of the most connected cities on the planet. We talk about how Stockholm built a massive dark fiber network that has enabled competition at the service layer, the status of telecommunications in … Continue reading "Overview of Stockholm's Stokab – Community Broadband Bits Episode #88" ★ Support this podcast ★

Processes for a Gigabit Community: Community Broadband Bits Episode 87 Feb 25, 2014

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More communities are today considering how they can improve Internet access in their community than at any other time. Having a gigabit is quickly becoming the standard – not because we all need 1,000 Mbps but because we know that everything we want to do is possible on a gigabit connection. Video games aren't going … Continue reading "Processes for a Gigabit Community: Community Broadband Bits Episode 87" ★ Support this podcast ★

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