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RedHat VP Calls on Gov Perdue to Veto NC Anti Community Network Bill
As time runs out on the future of affordable, fast, and reliable broadband in North Carolina, more are calling on Governor Perdue to veto H129, the bill pushed by Time Warner Cable to kill local authority to invest in essential infrastructure.
Cortez, Colorado, Also Launches Open Access Network
On the heels of our story announcing a new open access community fiber project in Idaho, we have learned of a similar project in Cortez, Colorado. Cortez is the county seat of Montezuma County in the extreme southwest of the state and has approximately 8,000 residents.
Community Fiber Group in San Francisco Organizes for Network
An article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian about public opposition to AT&T's further cluttering the right-of-way with 726 metal boxes to start delivering their super DSL U-Verse alerted me to people getting organized for community fiber.
AT&T's U-verse upgrade would enable it to offer connection speeds three times faste
The Daily Show on FCC Commissioner's Comcastic Retirement
The Daily Show joined many others in being outraged at FCC Commissioner Baker leaving the FCC to work for Comcast-NBC a few months after approving the deal.
Lessig, Doc Searls, and Others Call on Gov Perdue to Veto TWC Bill
As readers know, we have devoted a lot of effort to educating everyone about Time Warner Cable's Bill in North Carolina to kill local authority to build broadband networks.
Idaho Town Builds Incremental, Open Access Network
A small Idaho town near Idaho Falls in the eastern part of the state, Ammon, is creating a new approach for a small open access fiber-optic network.
PBS on Fiber-Optics in Need to Know
Rick Karr, a correspondent with PBS' Need to Know, travels to Europe to investigate why some countries there have surpassed the US in fast, affordable, and reliable access to the Internet -- with a real choice among service providers to boot! Video is approximately 12 minutes.
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Stephens County Considers Broadband Feasibility Study in NE Georgia
Counties in northeast Georgia are among the latest to examine their options to improve access to the Internet in local communities due to the massive failure of the private sector to adequately invest in essential infrastructure needed for economic development and maintaining a high qu
FCC's Clyburn at National Town Hall at NCMR
On April 8, 2011, FCC Commissioners Clyburn and Copps spoke at the National Conference for Media Reform, held in Boston by Free Press.
Organizing for Change: Rural Communities and Broadband
Over the past few years, I have worked with some great folks in a coalition called the Rural Broadband Policy Group to advocate for rural communities and businesses.
Wally Bowen, Tim Karr: Block the Broadband Power Grab
Wally Bowen, the Founder and Executive Director for the Mountain Area Information Network in Asheville, North Carolina, wrote the following op-ed with
FCC Commissioner: Blocking Local Broadband Authority "'Exactly The Wrong Way to Go"
FCC Commissioner Copps spoke at the SEATOA Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday.
Rural Massachusetts Open Access Fiber-Optic Network Builds Momentum
We are hearing exciting news from western Massachusetts -- at least 17 towns have already held the necessary meetings and votes to join the Wired West cooperative that will build an open access, universal, FTTH broadband network in each of the member towns. This is an exciting project in a region largely left behind by cable and phone companies.
Leading Critic of Community Network in NC Revealed to Be TWC Employee
It will come as no surprise to those familiar with this space that the leading critic of MI-Connection, a cable network in North Carolina owned by local governments, has been revealed to be an employee of Time Warner Cable.
Santa Monica's City Net Recognized by Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School
We have frequently encouraged communities to learn more about Santa Monica's approach to incrementally building a publicly owned fiber-optic broadband network, which has just received another award.
Community Broadband Networks Launches New Theme
We're cleaning up our act with a new theme designed by Eric James. We hope you find the site more pleasant to use and will notify us if you find something amiss. Thank you.
Time Warner Cable Monopoly Protection Act Heads to North Carolina Governor
It took far more longer than expected, due to the many phone calls from concerned citizens opposing it, but Time Warner Cable's investments in the North Carolina Legislature have finally paid off. A bill that will crush its only potential broadband competition in the state is sitting on the Governor's desk.
Venturing Into the Rights-of-Way: I Own What???
This is the first in a series of posts by Rita Stull -- her bio is available here. The short version is that Rita has a unique perspective shaped by decades of experience in this space.
Tennessee Bill to Encourage Economic Development Killed by Telco Lobbyists
As we continue to report on depressing campaigns to deny people fast, affordable, and reliable access to the Internet (as Time Warner Cable is doing in North Carolina), we are also making an attempt to highlight good legislation (as we