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Chanute, Kansas, Publicly Owned Fiber-Optic Network Serves Area Businesses
I continue to find it odd that more communities with publicly owned networks do not create official videos or other promotional material that is readily accessible on the Internet. Videos discussing fiber-optic investments continue to be the exception to the rule.
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
The continuing saga of H129/S87 in North Carolina has proved at least one thing, Time Warner Cable knows how to pull the puppet strings.
FairPoint Undermining Broadband Access in Vermont
In an op-ed, Tom Evslin discusses FairPoint and their opposition to a middle mile stimulus grant that would improve broadband access around the state. FairPoint had taken over Verizon's New England lines a few years ago.
Salisbury's Fibrant Making A Difference in Area Schools
Salisbury's Fibrant network in North Carolina was recently praised in a letter to the editor of a local paper for improving the educational tools in 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
On Wednesday, the bill to effectively ban community networks in North Carolina was passed out of the House Public Utilities Committee and will
Protect FCC Authority to Ensure an Open Internet
Despite the FCC's lack of interest (or rather, Chairman G's lack of interest) in actually defending Network Neutrality and protecting the open Internet, we must defend the right of the FCC to ensure an Open Internet. Such is life...
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 coalition of private companies, including Alcatel-Lucent, American Public Power Association, Atlantic-Engineering, the Fiber to the Home Council, Google, Intel, OnTrac, Telecommunications Industry Association, and Utilities Telecom Council, have released a letter opposing HB129/S87 in North Carolina.
A Few Loose Ends...
Too few posts on the blog this week - apologies.
Continuing Push to Stop North Carolina Monopoly Protection Act
As part of the effort to stop the bill that will codify Time Warner Cable's monopoly in North Carolina, we published a press release today (previous coverage of
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.
Verizon: The Future is Wired
An unfortunately common argument used against community fiber networks is that everything will be wireless in the future. This was used frequently last year in North Carolina by defenders of the pro-TWC legislation to create new barriers against community fiber networks.
Digging into H129: Another Bill in NC to Limit Local Authority and Broadband Competition
As we predicted, Time Warner Cable is pushing a new bill in North Carolina to limit competition and local authority to build broadband networks (Save NC Broadband is alive again).
Answers for Questions in Sibley's Fiber-to-the-Farm Potential Network
As decision time approaches, the discussions in Sibley County (and Fairfax in Renville) are winding down. The county and local governments have to decide whether to commit to the Joint Powers Board.
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).
The Broadband Jungle of Marketing, Hype, and Lies in Volusia, Florida
I have little to add to the excellent work done by Stop the Cap!
Case Western Gig Network Releases Video of Case Connection Zone
Case Western Reserve University, one of the original partners in the OneCommunity Project, lit up a 1 Gbps network in a poorly served neighborhood near campus. This video explains some of the uses they have found thus far.
Chattanooga's Gig Gets More Attention - Telecom TV
Guy Daniels heads to Chattanooga to learn about the best broadband network in the country -- interviews with Katie Espeseth (VP of EPB Fiber Optics) and Harold DePriest (President and CEO of EPB) from Telecom TV