Community Broadband
Sean Gonsalves: After Years of Talk, Cambridge is Now Taking Serious Look at Municipal Broadband
Cambridge aims to construct a citywide fiber network that passes all 52,300 residences and businesses in the city.
Community Broadband
Cambridge aims to construct a citywide fiber network that passes all 52,300 residences and businesses in the city.
Community Broadband
Communities should take initiative in building out networks without waiting for federal funding, panelists said.
Digital Inclusion
NDIA Executive Director Angela Siefer zeroed in on the need for good data.
Infrastructure
Communities need to be involved in decision-making when it comes to broadband builds.
podcasts
Hear from the DII moderators about what to expect from this year’s pathbreaking program.
Press Releases
Urban Digital Equity Bootcamp and Let’s Get Going Broadband Program announced.
Broadband Breakfast
Join conference attendees in conversation on key connectivity issues.
Broadband Breakfast
Community broadband networks will play a crucial role in implementation of the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act.
Fiber
City is yet another in a growing field of municipalities aiming for a municipal fiber network.
Exclusive
Sticking with the current FCC minimum, the proposed rule still leans into Biden administration talk of symmetrical speeds.
bblot
A conversation about digital infrastructure between Christopher Mitchell of MuniNetworks and Drew Clark of Broadband Breakfast.
Open Access
Though Washington is home to one of the nation’s fastest growing tech hubs, many communities throughout the state lack adequate broadband infrastructure. The stark divide between those Washingtonians with reliable home broadband connections, and those without, became especially salient last year, wh
Fiber
May 5, 2020 – As internet connectivity grows increasingly essential, fiber optics may prove to be a better option than wireless internet connection, the Institute for Local Self Reliance’s Christopher Mitchell said Tuesday at a webinar hosted by the nonprofit Merit Network. Mitchell, who directs th
Broadband Data
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2017 – Two organizations supportive of municipal broadband advocacy efforts last week issued differing reports critical of a May 24 report by a University of Pennsylvania professor. The report, by Christopher Yoo and Timothy Pfenninger, was titled “Municipal Fiber in the United S
Broadband News
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Always important to get to the bottom of reports criticizing municipal networks in an incomplete fashion. Bravo to Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Next Century Cities for addressing these. || Addressing UPenn Report: Dud Data, Unsuitable Approach, from Institute fo
Broadband News
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: A concerning new development from Maine. Thanks to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance for raising this issue through this alert. || Bill Introduced in Maine Legislature to Limit Local Authority over Broadband Investment, from Community Broadband Networks: Maine State