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Ry Marcattilio
Ry Marcattilio is a Senior Researcher and the Research Team Lead with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Community Broadband Networks Initiative. He is interested in the democratizing power of technology, systems engineering, and the history of science, technology, and medicine. Previously, Ry worked as an Adjunct Professor of American History in Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Minnesota. Ry holds a PhD in American History from Oklahoma State University. Reach Ry on Twitter @galtonsbox or by email at ry [at] ilsr [dot] org.
Stories by this author
Wrapping Up a Landmark Year for the UTOPIA Fiber Network - Episode 445 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Reforming Rural Funding Structures for a Better Broadband Tomorrow – Episode 444 of the Community Broadband Podcast
Loveland Pulse Races Ahead – Episode 443 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Finding Our Way with the Help of Digital Navigators - Episode 442 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Predictions for 2021, Year in Review for 2020 - Episode 441 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Building Digitally Equitable Communities - Bonus Episode Ten of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
The Truth is in the Numbers: How RS Fiber Brings Broadband to the Farms and Families of Rural Minnesota - Episode 440 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
We've written a lot about RS Fiber, a broadband cooperative operating in two rural counties in south-central Minnesota. This week on the podcast Christopher talks with two representatives from the cooperative which serves almost three thousand members in Renville and Sibley counties. Our first guest is Jake Reiki, a corn and soybean farmer and Board Chair for RS Fiber. We’re also joined by Jenny Palmer, City Administrator for Winthrop and Treasurer for the cooperative.
Organizing for Change in Kaysville, Utah - Episode 439 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Wilson Hits a Fiber-to-the-Home Run with Greenlight Municipal Broadband Network
Built in 2008 with an eye toward the future and operated with local priorities in mind, Greenlight has a long track record of putting people first. In a new case study, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance explores the wide-ranging community benefits of Greenlight, the city-owned Fiber-to-the-Home network in Wilson, North Carolina.