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
Oregon’s MINET: New Approach, New Expansion – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 340
Before the Oregon communities of Monmouth and Independence banded together to form MINET, many people in the community were accessing the Internet via old dial-up connections. This week, MINET’s Gene…
00:30:11 |
Tue 22 Jan 2019
Getting Your Community Off to A Quick Start With CN Quickstart – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 339
In September 2018, we announced that we would begin working with NEO Partners LLC to bring the Community Networks Quickstart Program to local communities interested in exploring the possibilities of …
00:30:31 |
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Taking Control Through Software Defined Networks – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 338
Many of us are accustomed to Internet access from companies that own the infrastructure, offer only a few options, and are one of a small number of providers. For the most part, we’ve learned to acce…
00:37:30 |
Tue 08 Jan 2019
Predictions for 2019, Year in Review for 2018 – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 337
We left our crystal ball, tarot cards, and astrology charts at home, but that won’t stop us from trying to predict what will happen in 2019 for this week’s annual predictions podcast. Each year, we r…
00:45:31 |
Wed 26 Dec 2018
Telehealth: Promoting Healthier People and Stronger Local Economies – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 336
Many of our regular listeners will recognize this week’s guest voice. Craig Settles has been operating as an industry analyst and consultant since 2006. He’s also host of the Gigabit Nation radio tal…
00:27:26 |
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Possibilities, Challenges, Risks : Chicopee, Massachusetts, Considers A Muni – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 335
By the time a local community is ready to light up their municipal fiber optic network, they’ve already invested several years’ worth of debate, investigation, and energy. While deploying a network i…
00:30:00 |
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Organizing for Better Broadband in the Portland, Oregon, Region – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 334
This week on the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, we hear from Russell Senior and Michael Hanna from Portland, Oregon. Russell is President of the Personal Telco Project and Michael is a Data Engine…
00:37:15 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
Beyond Mapping With VETRO FiberMap – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 333
Whether it’s a local government or ISP that chooses to invest in fiber optic infrastructure accurate, dependable, mapping is critical before, during, and after initial deployment. This week’s guests …
00:33:01 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
After 15 Years, OptiLink Still Innovating in Dalton, Georgia – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 332
Dalton, Georgia’s OptiLink has served the community for around 15 years, making it one of the first citywide Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) municipal networks. In this interview, Chief Technical Services O…
00:27:11 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
UTOPIA Is Not A Dream, It’s a Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 331
When anti-muni groups have taken aim at publicly owned networks, they’ve often put UTOPIA in their crosshairs. The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency has had times of struggle, but th…
00:18:25 |
Tue 13 Nov 2018
Catching Up in Cali with Jory Wolf – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 330
This week, Christopher presents the last of the interviews he conducted while at the 2018 Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference in Ontario, California, in October. As long as he was i…
00:28:57 |
Tue 06 Nov 2018
Political Will and Local Broadband Initiatives – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 329
While Christopher was in Ontario, California at the 2018 Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference, he took advantage of the opportunity and recorded several discussions with experts to s…
00:28:07 |
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Getting Up to Speed With Sandy, Oregon – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 328
For the next few days, Christopher is at the 2018 Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference in Ontario, California. As he always does while he’s out of the office, rubbing elbows with fol…
00:25:15 |
Wed 24 Oct 2018
Revisiting Reedsburg: LightSpeed’s All-Gig Telecommuter Paradise – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 327
It’s been a while since we last visited with Reedsburg Utilities Commission General Manager Brett Schuppner. He’s back on the show again to help us spread the word about this Wisconsin town’s decisio…
00:22:46 |
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Small Town Does Fiber Bigger In Texas – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 326
We don’t often get the opportunity to interview people from Texas, so when we heard about Mont Belvieu’s gigabit fiber optic network we knew we had to have them on the show. When we learned that four…
00:27:26 |
Tue 09 Oct 2018
Colorado Community WISP Picks Up Slack When Incumbent Fails to Deliver – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 325
When Fairpoint wouldn’t give folks in Crestone, Colorado, what they needed after repeated requests, they decided to take care of it themselves. By 2012, Ralph Abrams and his band of Internet pioneers…
00:23:06 |
Tue 02 Oct 2018
Great Lakes Energy’s Big Plan for Big Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 324
Great Lakes Energy (GLE) in Michigan decided in late 2017 to approve a plan to incrementally deploy Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) to cooperative members, beginning with a pilot project in Petoskey. This w…
00:22:46 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
Building Digital Equity in Detroit – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 323
This week on the podcast, we get insight into a community network that puts extra emphasis on the word “community.” Diana Nucera, Director of the Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP) talks wit…
00:39:59 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
Stop the Spoof, Resist the Robocall – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 322
Caller ID spoofing, robocalls, and general spam phone calls are one of the hassles of 21st century life. This week on Community Broadband Bits, Christopher and Richard Shockey of Shockey Consulting t…
00:38:58 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Analyzing the Auction With Jonathan Chambers – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 321
A year ago, we last had Jonathan Chambers of Conexon on the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of the Connect America Fund. Since then, the FCC has held an auction to expand connectivity in rural a…
00:50:46 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
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