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
Sonic Suggests Dark Fiber for Munis – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 261
Sonic is one of the best ISPs in the nation – well beloved by its California subscribers and policy geeks like us in part because of its CEO and Co-Founder, Dane Jasper. Dane combines a tremendous am…
00:34:25 |
Tue 11 Jul 2017
Broadband Planning and How Government Creates Markets – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 260
Just what does it take to have a market? It may be more complicated than you think — and in large part because of the things most of us don't notice that governments do. We discuss this and the role …
00:27:00 |
Tue 27 Jun 2017
Ammon Examines Muni Fiber Impact – Community Broadband Bits 259
For episode 259 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we are going back to the well in Ammon, Idaho – one of the most creative and forward-thinking fiber network deployments in the country. Strate…
00:30:23 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Roosevelt Institute Argues for Better Broadband Policy – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 258
As the telecommunications and broadband market has become more and more consolidated, it has drawn more attention, leading to more attention from people that actually care about functioning markets. …
00:31:31 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Chattanooga Fiber Surpasses Expectations, Offers Lessons – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 257
One of the very many treats at Mountain Connect this year was a keynote from Chattanooga EPB's Director of Fiber Technology, Colman Keane. (Watch it here.) After discussing their remarkable successes…
00:23:11 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
Colorado Chooses to Subsidize DSL Rather than Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 256
In an exciting milestone, this is podcast 100000000. Or 256 in decimal – you know, for the squares. While at the always-amazing Mountain Connect event in Colorado, I snagged an interview with Doug Se…
00:20:35 |
Tue 30 May 2017
Considering PPPs, Marketing For Munis – Broadband Bits Podcast 255
While attending the Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, Christopher had the opportunity to interview some of the people he’s been wanting get on the show, including Kyle Hollifield, Senior Vice P…
00:28:25 |
Tue 23 May 2017
NYC Works With Grassroots for Low-Income Access – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 254
Some time ago, when speaking with Joshua Breitbart, the Senior Advisor for Broadband to the New York City CTO Miguel Gamiño, he mentioned to me that any subset of the issues they face with regard to …
00:21:12 |
Tue 16 May 2017
Great Community Advice and Colorado Update – Broadband Bits Podcast 253
Bonus episode! We did several interviews while at the Broadband Communities Summit and Dallas, so we are publishing two episodes this week. Diane Kruse joined us for today's discussion, episode 253, …
00:34:56 |
Thu 11 May 2017
Update on Westminster's High Profile PPP Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 252
If you picked up the Institute for Local Self-Reliance dictionary, under “public-private partnership,” it would say “See Westminster and Ting fiber-optic network.” We discussed it with Westminster Ci…
00:30:00 |
Wed 10 May 2017
ECFiber Connecting Rural Vermonters To The Speed They Need – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 251
We’ve been covering the East-Central Vermont Community Fiber-Optic Network (ECFiber) since 2009; it has come a long way from inception. ECFiber is a group of rural Vermont towns that are working toge…
00:29:58 |
Wed 03 May 2017
Policies to Make Markets Work – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 250
The larger focus of our work in the Community Broadband Networks Initiative is to ensure communities have the networks they need. Our guest for Community Broadband Bits episode 250 is an expert in ho…
00:25:00 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Rural Electric Co-ops as Reluctant Warriors for Broadband – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 249
As we continue to cover the growing movement of rural electric cooperatives to bring high quality Internet networks to their members, we wanted to bring Alyssa Clemsen-Roberts back on the show. Alyss…
00:32:24 |
Wed 19 Apr 2017
LanCity Connect Partnership Brings Gig to Southeast Pennsylvania – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 248
Located in southeast Pennsylvania, Lancaster will soon have some of the fastest Internet access in the entire state due to its partnership with a local telecommunications firm, MAW Communications. We…
00:29:47 |
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Using Fiber for Smart Grid and the Pole Problem in Nashville – Community Broadband Bits 247
While at the annual Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Broadband Conference, I forced Ken Demlow to be our guest on Community Broadband Bits Podcast 247. Ken is the Sales Director for Newcom Tec…
00:28:57 |
Tue 04 Apr 2017
Feasibility Study? How to Start a Community Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 246
After discussing this issue time and time again, with community after community, we finally recorded our thoughts on how communities should get started when considering a community network. Eric Lamp…
00:33:50 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
netBlazr Offering Blazing Fast Fixed Wireless – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 245
Like other urban centers in the U.S., Boston is filled with multi dwelling units (MDUs) and buildings that house multiple business tenants. Obtaining high-quality connectivity in such an environment …
00:35:16 |
Tue 21 Mar 2017
West Plains Builds Network to Preserve Jobs – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 244
West Plains is one of the many population centers of rural regions that have been left behind by big cable and telephone companies. Located in the scenic Ozarks of southern Missouri, they are taking …
00:17:23 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
What's NEXT In North Arkansas? – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 243
As an increasing number of rural electric cooperatives are working to bring high-quality Internet access to their members, we’re learning more about new projects and the people behind them. This week…
00:16:11 |
Tue 07 Mar 2017
Susan Crawford's Road Trip – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 242
Susan Crawford has come back to the podcast to tell us about her recent travels in North Carolina and Tennessee, talking to people on the ground that have already built fiber-optic networks or are in…
00:21:15 |
Wed 01 Mar 2017
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