Community Broadband Media Roundup - September 12

Ohio

Pioneering a digital destiny for Stark County by Marc Scheider, Canton Repository

Our country is at its best when we as a people come together for the benefit of all. My family has seen the advent of municipal water, regional sewer, and the electrification of the United States. All of these resulted in enormous wealth creation and the improvement of living standards. The Internet is the fourth utility. Our team thinks of it as the forth utility, and I count myself lucky to see this once-in-a-lifetime technology transcend from a luxury to a public utility able to advance us all.

 

Washington

Seattle residents continue to push for city-owned broadband by Karl Bode, DSL Reports

 

Wisconsin

Madison looks to close digital divide by Shamane Mills, Wisconsin Public Radio

A company hired by the city of Madison called ResTech will use fiber optic cable to offer Internet starting at just under $10 a month in a new pilot program called Connecting Madison. City officials hope the program will reduce the number of homes in Dane County without Internet access, which is currently 14,000 residences.

Madison municipal Internet pilot project in underserved communities moves forward by Abigail Becker, The Capital Times

 

General

Why no one likes Comcast, but everyone has it by Jess Bolluyt, Gear and Style Cheat Sheet

FCC, America lose big on municipal broadband by Joan McCarter, Daily Kos

AT&T is refusing to offer low-income discounts for slower Internet despite FCC mandate by AJ Dellinger, Daily Dot

AT&T's already happily Tap Dancing around its DirecTV merger obligations by Karl Bode, TechDirt

Laws prohibit or restrict municipal broadband networks in 20-plus states by Richard Chang, T.H.E. Journal