Community Broadband Bits
Short interviews with people doing interesting things to expand broadband networks that put community needs first.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 682
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Auburn Essential Services Steady as It Grows – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 394
Auburn Essential Service (AES) is one of those networks that has been serving the community for years with a steady presence and a strong commitment to the community. This week, Christopher talks wit…
00:29:21 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
North Carolina Co-ops Partner for Broadband – Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Bonus Episode Five
This is our fifth episode of the podcast project we’re working on with nonprofit NC Broadband Matters to share broadband news, challenges, and innovations from North Carolina. NC Broadband Matters wo…
00:33:52 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Rural Tribal Priority Window Now Open; Advice from MuralNet – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 393
On February 3rd, 2020, the FCC opened the 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window, a six month period in which federally recognized Tribes or Alaska Native Villages have the opportunity to apply for lic…
00:46:51 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Setting the Bar High in Colorado: Longmont’s NextLight – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 392
NextLight, the municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network in Longmont, Colorado, has been serving residents and businesses in the community since 2014 and offers reliable gigabit connectivity at affo…
00:29:16 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
Ponca City Looks Forward with Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 391
People with an interest in municipal networks usually know about Ponca City, Oklahoma’s free municipal fixed wireless network because it’s been around for years. In the summer of 2019, however, commu…
00:26:30 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
Collaboration Across the State Line, Idaho Falls and UTOPIA Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 390
Idaho Falls has had publicly owned fiber within the community for years, but until recently, limited its use to dark fiber leases and public power purposes. Now, the community is working with UTOPIA …
00:38:01 |
Tue 14 Jan 2020
Back in Opelika, Alabama, with Mayor Gary Fuller – Community Broadband Bit Podcast 389
When Mayor Gary Fuller of Opelika, Alabama, was on the podcast back in 2013, the community was building their municipal Fiber-to-the-Home network. He’s back this week to talk about all the events tha…
00:26:26 |
Tue 07 Jan 2020
North Carolina’s Unique Broadband History and Lessons for Moving Forward – Community Broadband Bits Podcast, North Carolina Bonus Episode Four
We’re starting off the new year with episode four of the new podcast project we’re working on with nonprofit NC Broadband Matters. The organization focuses on finding ways to bringing ubiquitous broa…
01:02:56 |
Thu 02 Jan 2020
Predictions for 2020, Reviewing 2019 – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 388
It’s the end of the year once again, which means the Community Broadband Networks team takes their places in front of the mic for the predictions show. In addition to offering our expectations for 20…
00:42:24 |
Tue 31 Dec 2019
Holiday Bonus Rebroadcast – Eric Lampland on Indirect Cost Savings
It was about five years ago that we brought consultant Eric Lampland from Lookout Point Communications into the office for episode 80 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. We’ve completed more tha…
00:25:46 |
Tue 24 Dec 2019
Advice for Communities from Industry Guru Doug Dawson – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 387
Doug Dawson from CCG Consulting and author of the POTs and PANs: Pretty Advanced New Stuff by CCG blog met up with Christopher back in October in Alexandria, Virginia, and the two recorded this week’…
00:29:36 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Medina County Fiber Network and Lit Communities Reach for Ohio Residents – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 386
The Medina County Fiber Network (MCFN) has already made important strides in north central Ohio. The network, which offers dark fiber and lit services, provides important connectivity for carriers, i…
00:37:16 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Mapping Data and Dollars – Community Broadband Bits Podcast, North Carolina Bonus Episode Three
This week is episode three of the new podcast project we’re working on with the nonprofit NC Broadband Matters, whose focus is on bringing ubiquitous broadband coverage to local communities for resid…
00:53:43 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Indigenous Community Launches First Community Broadband Network in Hawai’i – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 385
For the third year, the Internet Society worked with locals to hold an annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit as a way to teach and share information. In November, participants collaborated to deploy …
00:27:25 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Rustling Up Fixed Wireless Internet Access in the Rural West – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 384
Some of the most rural areas in the country are in the American western states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. This week’s guest is Matt Larsen, CEO of fixed wireless Internet service provider Vi…
00:31:45 |
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Tri-County Rural Electric Delivering Connectivity, Expanding Partnerships, in Appalachians – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 383
Tri-County Electric Cooperative in north central Pennsylvania has listened to its members’ wishes and is developing a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network for Internet access. While Christopher was at th…
00:23:55 |
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Gallops and Gigabits; Ocala Knows the Need for Speed in Florida – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 382
Whenever Christopher attends a Broadband Communities event, he returns with great stories from cities and towns across the U.S. that have invested in publicly owned Internet infrastructure. This week…
00:26:23 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Fiber Rich Wilson – Community Broadband Bits Podcast, North Carolina Bonus Episode Two!
Last week, we unveiled the new podcast project we’re working on with the nonprofit NC Broadband Matters, whose focus is on bringing ubiquitous broadband coverage to local communities for residents an…
00:29:12 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Envisioning the Future with Jon Sallet from the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 381
In late October 2019, Christopher travelled to the D.C. area to attend a Broadband Communities Economic Development event and while he was there, he sat down with Executive Director Adrianne Furniss …
00:40:30 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
Analyzing FCC Data Collection with Derek Turner from Free Press – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 380
In August 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that they would begin to restructure their data collection techniques forming the basis of national broadband availability maps. …
00:36:54 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
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