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
The Cable UnBundling Challenge – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 241
One of the most recurring complaints about cable television is the bundles – people resent having to pay for channels that they do not watch. Especially when those cable prices go up consistently. Th…
00:24:21 |
Wed 22 Feb 2017
United Fiber Tackles Missouri's Most Rural – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 240
The most rural area of Missouri is getting a Fiber-to-the-Home network from the United Electric Cooperative, which has created United Fiber and is expanding across its footprint and to adjacent areas…
00:31:20 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Small Cells, Fiber, and Local Governments – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 239
After last week's podcast on Lincoln and its small cell policy, we wanted to offer a longer discussion about small cell wireless technology and the policy around it. Crown Castle is a firm focused on…
00:27:17 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
Small Cells Yield Big Results In Lincoln – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 238
We’ve been covering happenings in Lincoln, Nebraska for several years now. The city’s Right of Way Manager David Young joins us for episode 238 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. David is a ret…
00:32:46 |
Wed 01 Feb 2017
Kitsap Residents Demand Fiber – And Get it – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 237
When we first learned of the Lookout Lane fiber-optic project in the Kitsap Public Utility District in Washington, we knew we wanted to learn more. Kitsap PUD General Manager Bob Hunter and Telecommu…
00:33:16 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
Wilson Greenlight, Public Housing Authority Solve Access Gap – Community Broadband Bits Episode 236
From our research, we believe the municipal fiber-optic network in Wilson, North Carolina, has the best low-income Internet access program in the nation. Called Greenlight, the fiber network has led …
00:23:50 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
Erwin Deploys Phased Fiber Plan – Community Broadband Bits 235
Nestled in the Cherokee National Forest on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, not far from Virginia, is Erwin. Erwin Utilities runs the water, wastewater, and electricity for the town of 6,0…
00:28:53 |
Tue 10 Jan 2017
Community Broadband Bits Podcast Will Be Back Next Week
Due to illness during the past few weeks, Christopher has been out of commission, in a podcasting sense. He’s on the upswing now, but we’ve decided to give him the week off so he can come back strong…
00:01:03 |
Tue 03 Jan 2017
2016 Review, 2017 Predictions – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 234
It's that time of year – for reflection of the past and thinking about the future. Lisa, Nick, Hannah, and I discuss the previous year and then make some predictions for next year.Along the way, we h…
00:34:58 |
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Bozeman Unique Fiber Model Gets Good Start – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 233
This week, we return to Bozeman's unique model in Montana to get an update now that the network is up and running. President of Bozeman Fiber Anthony Cochenour and city of Bozeman Economic Developmen…
00:29:04 |
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Osage and the Iowa Legislature – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 232
Located in northwest Iowa, Osage has been an innovative utility leader with forward-looking investments in both telecommunications and clean energy with wind and solar. Osage Municipal Utilites Gener…
00:33:37 |
Tue 13 Dec 2016
San Francisco Proposal For Tenant ISP Choice – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 231
Cities across America are implementing policies that create friendly environments for Internet Service Providers in order to encourage competition. In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors is now c…
00:17:43 |
Tue 06 Dec 2016
The Deep History of Chattanooga's Fiber Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 230
In a break from our traditional format of 20-30 minutes (or so), we have a special in-depth interview this week with Harold Depriest, the former CEO and President of Chattanooga's Electric Power Boar…
01:10:16 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
Rural Electrics Solve Rural Internet Access Problems – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 229
Rural electric co-ops have started delivering high quality Internet access to their member-owners and our guest this week on Community Broadband Bits episode 229 is dedicated to helping these co-ops …
00:35:56 |
Tue 22 Nov 2016
City of Lincoln Conduit Spurs FTTH, School Network Innovation – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 228
When we last spoke to people from Lincoln, Nebraska, about their innovative conduit program to improve Internet access, we focused on how they had done it – Conduits Lead to Competition, podcast 182.…
00:31:18 |
Tue 15 Nov 2016
Madison Starts Muni Fiber Effort, Considers Citywide Effort – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 227
The second-largest city in Wisconsin and the home of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is pursuing a path-breaking municipal Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) strategy. They have already started by deploy…
00:17:35 |
Wed 09 Nov 2016
Pinetops Threatened by Hurricane and NC Legislature – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 226
Pinetops, a town of about 1,300 outside Wilson, North Carolina, is suffering a double calamity as Hurricane Matthew has left floods and incredible damage in its wake. Less natural but no less frustra…
00:21:14 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
Midwest Energy Cooperative Connects Rural Michigan – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 225
Telephone and electric cooperatives are making strides in bringing high-quality connectivity to rural areas while national providers stay in the city. This week we speak with two gentlemen from rural…
00:28:06 |
Tue 25 Oct 2016
H.R. Trostle On Co-ops, Munis, Connectivity In North Carolina – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 224
In June, North Carolina released a report pronouncing that 93 percent of the state has access to broadband speeds. At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, our Research Associate H.R. Trostle, who h…
00:23:08 |
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Update on Utah's Open Access UTOPIA – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 223
In the north central region of Utah, eleven communities are now served by a regional open access fiber-optic network operated by the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency or UTOPIA. UTOP…
00:24:32 |
Thu 13 Oct 2016
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