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AT&T Fights Broadband Stimulus by Proxy
Phillip Dampier at Stop the Cap! has once again followed the money trail to reveal AT&T p
Who Makes the Rules for the Internet?
Our focus tends to be at the most local -- how do people in local communities access the Internet? But we do worry about how the Internet itself is governed.
Think it should be totally unregulated? That sounds nice until you type google.com into a browser and it takes you to search.microsoft.com. Or you type microsoft.com and you end up at apple.com.
We need rules and standards.
Provo to Write off Some Debt of Struggling iProvo Network
Provo built a city owned FTTH network after its public power utility started connecting its substations with fiber-optic cables in the early 2000's. iProvo ultimately developed along similar open access lines as UTOPIA, but unlike UTOPIA, Provo did not actually want to operate on a purely wholesale model.
Knoxville News Station Envious of Chattanooga Fiber Network
The following news report suggests that some in Knoxville, Tennessee, are starting to get a little jealous of the incredible FTTH network built by Chattanooga's publicly owned electric company.
New Year, Same Lame Cable and DSL Monopolies
It's a new year, but most of us are still stuck with the same old DSL and cable monopolies.
Samuel Morse, the Telegraph, and Government
Smithsonian magazine provides some background on Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse Code and credited with inventing the telegraph.
Publicly Owned Network in Cortez Connects Business Corridor
We have been trying to keep close track of the recent group of communities building incremental, publicly owned, open access fiber networks -- which often starting with connections to businesses.
Salisbury's Fibrant Hits 1600 Subscribers
The muni FTTH network owned by the city of Salisbury, North Carolina, is finishing the calendar year with over 1600 subscribers. The network just began signing up customers 13 months ago.
Broadband Blindness Documentary
A new documentary from California explores the failure of the private sector and competition more generally to sufficiently invest in fast, affordable, and reliable access to the Internet. It comes in three parts and runs about 25 minutes in total.
History of Monticello and TDS: Be Wary of Incumbent Providers
I recently stumbled across some interesting pieces of information between Monticello and telephone-incumbent TDS when the Minnesota City decided to build a city-owned next-generation FTTH network after TDS refused to upgrade its services.
B4RN Expands Community Broadband in Rural England
One of our kindred spirits across the pond reached out to me after I wrote about Vermont's self-funded community network.
Design Principles from Virginia's nDanville Open Access Network
The nDanville network of rural southern Virginia has long been a favorite of ours (previous coverage is available here).
Vermont Network Takes Local Ownership to Next Level
Vermont's East Central Fiber-Optic Network (ECFiber) has finished its second round of financing.
Community Broadband Policy Fellowship - Young Elected Officials Network
The Young Elected Officials Network has announced a one year fellowship working on community broadband. Applications are due on January 4.
AT&T Abandons Wireless Consolidation Attempt
It is hard to avoid becoming cynical when watching the federal government interact with big corporations like AT&T. So when AT&T announced it would merge with T-Mobile, giving AT&T and Verizon a combined 3 out of 4 cellular subscribers, I thought two things:
1) What a terrible idea.
Comedian Louis CK Takes Internet Seriously
Louis CK, the comedian responsible for the FX show "Louie" and for making people laugh at his brutally candid assessment of how much his young daughter's opinion about anything matters, has bypassed the major studios, channels, and cable distribution systems to sell one of his concerts directly to his fans.
WindomNet Turns on Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services
Exciting times in rural southwest Minnesota, as Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services has turned on its first customer. SMBS is a broadband stimulus-enabled partnership with eight rural communities and WindomNet, the muni FTTH network in Windom.
The Rev. Andrew Schensted and his wife, Lisa, were the first to be connected.
Tullahoma Utilities Start Smart Meter Meetings
Tullahoma, home to the LightTUBe FTTH network of Tennessee, is starting to roll out smart meters for its electrical and water utilities (owned by the city). They have initiated a series of public meetings to discuss the AMI - Advanced Metering Infrastructure.
Stop the Real Government Takeover of the Internet
I've censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet--a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/15925/uncensor
Johnson City Seeks Partner to Offer Broadband Services
One month after the Johnson City Power Board (Tennessee) approved a fiber-optic network, they have issued a request for qualifications to identify potential partners that would provide broadband servic