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Did Texas Preemption Against Community Broadband Derail Austin's Bid for Google Gigabit?
Chip Rosenthal headed the grass roots effort to bring Google’s gigabit fiber network to Austin, and he says the Texas capital was on the short list o
Greensboro Passes Resolution Against Time Warner Cable Bill in North Carolina
Greensboro is the latest to officially call on the North Carolina Legislature to not pass H 129, a bill pushed by Time Warner Cable to limit the right of communities to choose to build their own broadband networks.
Christopher Mitchell Discusses NC Muni Network Ban on Tech News Today
Yesterday, the Tech News Today netcast on the TWiT network invited me on to discuss the North Carolina legislation to kill community networks and the Google Gigabit network decision to build in Kansas
Cedar Falls Utilities Videos - Building a Community Fiber Network in Iowa
Cedar Falls Utilities, an incredibly successful publicly owned cable network in Iowa, is upgrading to FTTH. In these videos, they explain some basics of their system. The final video interviews some subscribers.
WindomNet Saves Jobs, Provides Stellar Customer Service
Dan Olsen,
Momeyer Town Council Passes Resolution to Oppose Time Warner Cable Monopoly Act
Momeyer also adds its name to the list of towns and cities opposing a bill in the State Legislature pushed by Time Warner Cable to deny the communities the right to build broadband networks.
Another North Carolina Community Passes Resolution Against Time Warner Cable Bill
Connecting to Each Other: Upstate New York
In the ongoing effort to better network us network-type people, I wanted to note a site, Agrilan Rural Broadband Blog, that is working toward better rural broadband in upstate New York.
Wired West Creates Long Video Discussing Their Need for Better Broadband
Something for other communities to learn from!
WOW! No Wonder Time Warner Cable is Pushing Bill to Limit Competition in NC!
Gary Evans of HBC Discusses Burlington Telecom Situation
Barbara Van Schewick Explains the Internet on CBC Radio Show
A CBC show, Spark, offers a content-rich 40 minute interview with Barbara van Schewick discussing how the Internet developed and the role of network neutrality.
Disappointment in North Carolina as Time Warner Cable Bill Moves Forward
Community Broadband Map Launches
With New Hope, North Carolina Broadband Struggle Continues
Christopher Mitchell Discusses Community Networks on Rural America Radio
Op-Ed Praises UTOPIA for Helping Utah
Clearwire Validates Skepticism About Wireless as Last-Mile Solution
Customers began complaining in mid-2010 that Clearwire had begun to throttle their home Internet connections, sometimes as slow as 256Kbps.