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
Another Perspective on Policy From American Action Forum – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 281
Christopher went to Atlanta for the Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference in early November, and while he was there, he touched base with this week’s guest Will Rinehart. Will is the …
00:30:00 |
Wed 29 Nov 2017
NC Hearts Gigabit – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 280
NC Hearts Gigabit is a grassroots group recently launched in North Carolina that aims to dramatically improve Internet access and utilization across the state. We caught up with Economic Development …
00:27:16 |
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Lessons From the Nation's Oldest Open Access Fiber Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 279
Grant County's Public Utility District was, along with some nearby PUDs, among the very first deployers of Fiber-to-the-Home networks shortly after the turn of the millennium. And per Washington's la…
00:23:19 |
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Intelligent Communities In Dublin, Ohio, And Beyond – Community Broadband Bits Episode 278
As an increasing number of communities invest in and explore the advantages of publicly owned networks, Christopher finds himself making more trips to cities and towns across the country. In addition…
00:29:43 |
Tue 07 Nov 2017
Kit Carson Fibers up New Mexico – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 277
The Kit Carson Electric Cooperative serves rural north central New Mexico and has been an early investor in a fiber-optic network that has brought high quality Internet service to a state largely stu…
00:26:46 |
Wed 01 Nov 2017
Allband All-in For Rural Michigan Internet Access – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 276
After being told by the large telephone incumbent that he could pay a nominal fee in rural Michigan to get phone service, John Reigle built a home. And when the telephone company changed its mind aft…
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Tue 24 Oct 2017
Garrett County Builds Better Connections By Combining Technologies in Rural Maryland – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 275
Maryland may be home to our nation’s bustling, urban capital, but on the other side of the state are the Appalachians and many rural communities that struggle with poor Internet access. One of those …
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Tue 17 Oct 2017
Mason PUD 3 Responds to Muni Fiber Demand with Fiberhoods – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 274
Mason County Public Utility District 3 covers a large area with a lot of people that have poor Internet access. If “PUD” didn't give it away, it is located in Washington State on the Olympic Peninsul…
00:37:41 |
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Louisville To Save Big With Embattled Anchor Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 273
Back in June, Louisville had a close call with missing a key opportunity to build municipal fiber to local anchor institutions at a substantially reduced cost. An anti-muni broadband group pushed har…
00:27:56 |
Wed 04 Oct 2017
Referendum Lights Up Lyndon Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 272
Michigan's Lyndon Township set a local election turnout record in August when voters supported a measure to build a municipal fiber network by 2:1 margin. The initiative was largely organized and sup…
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Tue 26 Sep 2017
Fiber For All and More – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 271
After a friendly coup in the offices of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Hannah has taken the podcast host chair from Christopher for episode 271 of the Community Broadband Bits. Hannah grills …
00:25:37 |
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Uncommon Knowledge of Common Carriage – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 270
The modern fight over network neutrality isn't a few years old. It is well over 1,000 years old across a variety of infrastructures and is totally wrapped up in a legal concept known as common carria…
00:29:23 |
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Holland's Muni Fiber Pilot Expands in Michigan – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 269
Holland is expanding its pilot area for municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services in Michigan's Dutch outpost. To explain the past, present, and expected future of muni fiber in Holland, Broadband …
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Wed 06 Sep 2017
Jon Chambers: Rethinking The Rules on The Connect America Fund – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 268
Jon Chambers, a partner at Conexon, returns to visit us this week to talk about rural connectivity and the approaching Connect America Fund (CAF) auction. Conexon works with electric cooperatives to …
00:29:56 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Spiral Investing in Rural California While AT&T Invests in Sacramento – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 267
With the right policies and local investment, Spiral Internet could bring high quality Internet access to much of northern California. Spiral is a small private company and its CIO, Michael Anderson,…
00:28:00 |
Wed 23 Aug 2017
Benoit Felten of Diffraction Analysis Talks Global Strategies – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 266
When policy and decision makers discuss how to improve connectivity in the U.S., they often compare Internet access in other parts of the world to connectivity in America. We can learn from efforts i…
00:40:10 |
Tue 15 Aug 2017
Pasadena Benefits From Municipal Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 265
It shouldn't be surprising that the city that is home to CalTech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory needs high-quality connectivity. Those institutions are part of the reason Pasadena began investi…
00:21:00 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
Connecting San Francisco Low-Income Housing with Monkey Brains – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 264
After we saw April Glaser's article on a local San Francisco ISP connecting low-income housing to high-quality Internet access, we knew we wanted to learn more. Preston Rhea is the Senior Field Engin…
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Tue 01 Aug 2017
Dark Fiber Brightens Downtown Business Climate in Eugene – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 263
Eugene is a good example of recent public-public partnerships developing to expand fiber optic Internet access. The city of 166,000 in Oregon helped finance a downtown dark fiber network by the Eugen…
00:25:28 |
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Microsoft Supercharges TV White Spaces – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 262
After a recent announcement from Microsoft committing to building rural networks using TV white spaces [NYT, Ars Technica stories], we asked Public Knowledge Senior Vice President and long-time TVWS …
00:18:03 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
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