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Christopher Mitchell: Electric Grid Disaster in Texas Leads to Broadband Open Access Soul Searching

The disaster in Texas resulting from an electric grid that was deliberately left exposed and likely to fail in rare cold weather events has received a lot of dramatic coverage, as well it should given the loss of life and damage to so many homes and businesses. It also raised some questions in my mi

Bills In Washington State Legislature Would Allow Public Utility Districts into Retail Broadband

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

COVID

Lack of Symmetrical Networks May be Choking Internet Performance, Say Fiber Advocates on Webinar

April 9, 2020 – Local broadband speeds may be impaired by upload speed, says analyst at a webinar hosted by the Fiber Broadband Association on Wednesday. While overall broadband usage during the coronavirus may have leveled out, networks that use symmetrical technologies, in which users require the