New Coalition for Local Internet Choice Aims to Spur More High-Speed Municipal Builds
Broadband's Impact, Fiber, States
July 15th, 2014
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2014 – While interest in high-bandwidth internet is growing every year, many communities remain unserved because state laws inhibit local networks, according to local broadband activists. That’s why the Coalition for Local Internet Choice launched last month: to demonstrate the importance of giving local communities authority over their own networks. “It’s hard […]
Cities Need to be Involved in Municipal Broadband Because Their Future Depends Upon Such Networks, Says Panel
Education, FCC, Fiber, Gigabit Networks, Health
May 29th, 2014
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2014 – Four believers in municipal internet access expressed their dismay at the New America Foundation at an increasingly consolidated broadband marketplace – and promoted local government ownership as a remedy. Speaking on a panel of experts on Wednesday at the think tank, they blasted giants AT&T, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable […]
Freedom to Connect in Washington: ‘Let’s Hope This Isn’t the Golden Age of the Internet’
Broadband Data, Broadband's Impact, Events, Intellectual Property
March 15th, 2013
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 15, 2013 – A somber tone was set last week during the opening day of the 2013 Freedom to Connect conference here. Opening remarks by conference organizer David Isenberg were peppered with references to Wikileaks mastermind Julian Assange, Pvt. Bradley Manning currently under military trial for releasing classified State documents, and […]
Institute for Local Self-Reliance Issues Community Broadband Report
Broadband Data, Broadband Mapping
March 25th, 2011
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2011 – The Institute for Local Self-Reliance unveiled its Community Broadband Network Map and Report on Wednesday.
Citizens Against Public Waste Call Broadband a Luxury Not a Necessity
Broadband's Impact
July 29th, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2010 – Speaking in a webcast by the Broadband Policy Series this afternoon, David Williams of Citizens Against Public Waste said that there “wouldn’t be any circumstances in which government should step in” where community broadband is concerned. According to Williams, even when local governments step in, there tends to be a centralizing process by which one locality wants the same services as another locality, thus evolving the process to a Federal level.