Community Broadband Media Roundup - March 13

California

Bo on utility commission's list for broadband Internet by Silas Valentino, Point Reyes Light

Colorado

The broadband debate: What 'we' want versus what 'they' want by Jim Spehar, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Massachusetts

Towns hear broadband service pitch by Diane Broncaccio, The Recorder

Missouri

Kansas City unveils a new strategy to get high-speed Internet access to all by Joe Robertson, Kansas City Star

Tennessee

How Chattanooga aims to cut poverty with superfast Internet by Lonnie Shekhtman, Christian Science Monitor

General

How Trump's FCC is quickly working to undo network neutrality by April Glaser, Recode

America's broadband market needs more competition by Hernan Galperin, Annette Kim & Francios Bar, The Conversation

The battle for the Internet in rural America by Nick Fouriezos, Ozy

The initial effort to provide better internet is costly, which is why profit-focused national providers are loathe to invest, particularly in less-sexy locales. That’s why smaller municipalities feel compelled to pursue public solutions in a field typically led by private companies, as Roanoke did with the formation of its Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority, the engine driving its internet efforts. 

Pai agrees to verify FCC has no role in AT&T-Time Warner review by John Eggerton, MultiChannel News

NY State AG's lawsuit against ISP shows why we need net neutrality protections by Jeremy Gillula and Kerry Sheehan, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Photo of the Highlander calf courtesy of robertobarresi via Pixaby.