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
Meeting the American Cable Association – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 202
The American Cable Association (ACA) represents over 800 small and medium-sized cable companies around the United States, including many municipal cable and fiber-optic networks. This week, we talk w…
00:29:11 |
Tue 17 May 2016
Fairlawn Focuses on Citywide Gig Infrastructure – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 201
On the outskirts of Akron, just south of Cleveland, the community of Fairlawn is building a citywide wireless and fiber optic network using an interesting model. Most of the citywide municipal Intern…
00:21:49 |
Tue 10 May 2016
Crazy Talk from Another Telco-Funded Think Tank – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 200
This week, we discuss a report with zero credibility from the State Government Leadership Foundation, which was written by a well-known telco economist from the Phoenix Center. Entitled, “The Impact …
00:28:54 |
Tue 03 May 2016
Valparaiso Embraces Dark Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 199
When Valparaiso, Indiana looked into solutions for a business that needed better Internet connectivity than incumbent providers were willing to reasonably provide, it quickly found that many business…
00:25:14 |
Tue 26 Apr 2016
A New Cooperative Model for Fiber to the Farm – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 198
When we launched this podcast in 2012, we kicked it off with an interview from Minnesota's farm country, Sibley County. We were excited at their passion for making sure every farm was connected with …
00:35:33 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
Webpass and Its Fixed Wireless Seek Fix for Landlord Abuses – Community Broadband Bits Episode 197
San Francisco is one of the rare cities that has multiple high quality ISPs competing for market share, though the vast majority of people still seem to be stuck choosing only between Comcast and AT&…
00:26:38 |
Tue 12 Apr 2016
Service Unavailable: The Failure of Competition – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 196
If you are paying close attention to discussions about broadband policy, you may have come across Fred Pilot's reminders that competition is not a cure-all for our Internet access woes across the Uni…
00:30:18 |
Wed 06 Apr 2016
Montgomery Sees Job Gains in Alabama After Establishing Internet Exchange – Community Broadband Bits Episode 195
In a partnership with the Department of Defense, the city of Montgomery has created Alabama's first Internet Exchange. This week, project manager for Montgomery Cyber Connection, Ben Venable, joins u…
00:26:09 |
Tue 29 Mar 2016
ISP US Internet Gets More Respect Than Rodney Dangerfield – Community Broadband Bits 194
In Minneapolis, a small and privately owned ISP has been steadily building fiber across the city and developing a stunning reputation for great customer service, low and predictable pricing, and gene…
00:30:26 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
One Touch Make Ready and Wireless Innovation in Louisville – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 193
When we asked Ted Smith, Chief Innovation Officer of Louisville, Kentucky, to join us for episode 193 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Bits podcast, we expected to talk abou…
00:25:49 |
Tue 15 Mar 2016
The FCC's Pro-Competition Agenda – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 192
This week we welcome Gigi Sohn, Counselor to Chairman Wheeler of the Federal Communications Commission, to Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] for episode 192. Before joining the FCC,…
00:15:51 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
Exploring the Huntsville Fiber Model – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 191
Last week, we were excited at the announcement from Huntsville Utilities in Alabama. Huntsville is building a municipal dark fiber network to every premise in its territory that will be open to multi…
00:32:57 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
Rural Broadband Expansion Ignores Economic Development Potential in Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 190
For years, many rural communities suffered from a broadband donut hole problem – the investment in better-than-dial-up was in the population center, leaving a donut of poor access around it. Now poli…
00:25:06 |
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Muni Fiber Tennessee Twofer: Columbia and Pulaski – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 189
We cover a lot of Tennessee ground in this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast – episode 189 – from a cable network to muni Fiber-to-the-Home; Columbia to Pulaski. Wes …
00:29:57 |
Wed 17 Feb 2016
North Carolina Coop Fibers Up Rural Counties and More – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 188
North Carolina is increasingly split between those in urban areas, where some private sector providers are investing in next-generation gigabit networks, and rural areas where the big providers have …
00:25:59 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
Andrew Blum Decides to Visit the Internet – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 187
We head directly into the Internet this week with Andrew Blum, author of the book Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet. We wrote about it when it was published back in 2012. It is as releva…
00:33:24 |
Tue 02 Feb 2016
Why Schools Need Big Bandwidth – Community Broadband Bits Episode 186
The St Vrain Valley School District, north of Denver and including the Longmont area, is transitioning from a shared gigabit network to dedicated 10 Gbps links for schools. Just what does it do with …
00:23:37 |
Tue 26 Jan 2016
Local Governments and Internet Access Debate – Community Broadband Bits Episode 185
For this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast, we are trying a discussion/debate format between myself, Christopher Mitchell, and Ryan Radia, Associate Director of Techn…
00:22:07 |
Tue 19 Jan 2016
North Carolina Organizes for Local Internet Choice – Community Broadband Bits Episode 184
The Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) has its first local chapter with the formation of CLIC-NC. Catharine Rice, who is both part of CLIC-NC and the Project Director for CLIC, explains what …
00:19:29 |
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Thoughts on 2015, Predictions for 2016 – Community Broadband Bits Episode 183
Given all the exciting events of 2015 and our hopes for 2016, we decided to do another year end / year beginning show that looks both backward and forward. Unfortunately, our timing did not allow for…
00:27:01 |
Tue 05 Jan 2016
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