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Ask Me Questions on Rural America Radio Friday
I just joined the community at RuMBA - the Rural Mobile & Broadband Alliance - and will be appearing on Rural America Radio to discuss rural broadband issues on Friday, March 18. You can call in with questions. Details from Rural America Radio here:
Network Neutrality Opponents Totally Out of Touch With Reality
Public Knowledge produced and released this video revealing the increasing divide between reality and what opponents of network neutrality claim.
Minnesota Cable Companies Fight to Stop Rural Lake County From Getting Broadband
Comparing Broadband Services: Salisbury Fibrant and Wilson Greenlight to Incumbents in North Carolina
This is a video we have wanted to do for a long time. With H 129 threatening community networks across the state, we finished it.
Asheville Opposes Rep Avila's Attempt to Enshrine Time Warner Cable Monopoly
Salisbury's Fibrant Making A Difference in Area Schools
Rockingham County, NC, Passes Resolution Against Bill to Limit Community Networks
Rockingham County has joined Raleigh in officially passing a resolution against legislation to cripple community networks in the state.
Bill to Limit Broadband Competition in North Carolina Heads to House Finance Committee Next Week
Natural Monopoly in North Carolina: The Need for Community Networks and Competition
As the North Carolina Legislature considers HB129 and S87 to greatly limit community broadband networks (we analyzed the bill here), it is worth taking a step back to understand why companies like Time Warner Cable provide broadband that is unreliable and comparatively
Opposition Builds to TWC Bill in NC - Private Companies Weigh In Against Bill
A Few Loose Ends...
Continuing Push to Stop North Carolina Monopoly Protection Act
Wisconsin Returns Stimulus Funds to NTIA, Award Was Going to AT&T Anyway
The story about Wisconsin becoming the first state to return broadband stimulus funds has circulated quite quickly over recent days.
Digging into H129: Another Bill in NC to Limit Local Authority and Broadband Competition
Answers for Questions in Sibley's Fiber-to-the-Farm Potential Network
Craig Settles and Blair Levin on National Broadband Plan
It was supposed to be two perspectives on the National Broadband Plan, but at times it turned into Blair Levin interrogating Craig Settles, unfortunately minimizing the roles of Stacey Higginbotham (Giga Om) and Amy Schatz (Wall Street Journal).