Community Broadband Media Roundup - August 15

Colorado

Municipal broadband? Superior to weigh question for November ballot by Anthony Hahn, Colorado Hometown Weekly

Wary of big spending, Boulder faces high risk in broadband pursuit by Alex Burness, Boulder Daily Camera

Idaho

Ammon to break ground on fiber district by Kevin Trevellyan, Post Register

Minnesota

Advocate for community broadband access by Tom Poe, St. Cloud Times

Last year, the FCC reclassified communications over the internet as a public utility. Corporations are no longer able to control access to the internet. With that fact in mind, it's time for Minnesota to act and institute affordable community broadband infrastructure for all communities.

Broadband study nears completion by Jason Sorenson, Fairmont Sentinel

North Carolina

Court ruling cold unplug Edgecombe town from broadband by Bryan Mims, WRAL

Pennsylvania

Lancaster city announces pre-registration for municipal broadband network; pricing set by Dan Nephin, Lancaster Online

Wisconsin

Madison to review municipal broadband Internet project by Abigail Becker, The Cap Times

General

How to give rural America broadband? Look to the early 1900s by Cecilia Kang, New York Times & Las Vegas Sun

Listen: Rural towns create sustainable energy, digital sanctuaries by John Hockenberry, The Takeaway

Locally-owned Internet is an antidote for the digital divide by Jamie Condliffe, MIT Technology Review

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Reverses Feb. 2015 Ruling

US appeals court protects state broadband laws literally written by big telecom by Jason Koebler, Motherboard

States win the right to limit municipal broadband, beating FCC in court by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica

Some cities want to offer publicly-owned Internet access. A new ruling makes that harder by Timothy B. Lee, Vox

ISPs and FCC Republicans celebrate FCC's court loss on muni broadband by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica

Marketplace Tech for Friday, August 12, 2016 by Molly Wood, MarketPlace Tech

Appeals court slaps down FCC attempt to promote broadband competition by James R. Hood, Consumer Affairs

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