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
Conduits Lead to Competition – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 182
As we noted in a preliminary story last week, the city of Lincoln has crafted a collection of conduits allowing greater competition for advanced telecommunications services. As we discuss this week i…
00:29:08 |
Tue 22 Dec 2015
Hudson Adds Velocity to Help Local Businesses – Community Broadband Bits Episode 181
When Hudson, Ohio, businesses couldn't get the connectivity they needed from the incumbent cable and telephone companies, the local government stepped up to provide what it calls a “service” rather t…
00:22:16 |
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Maine House Representative Pushes for Better Internet Access – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 180
Eleven months ago, we noted the incredible energy in the Maine Legislature around improving Internet access. Maine State Representative Norm Higgins joins us this week for Community Broadband [no-glo…
00:18:28 |
Tue 08 Dec 2015
Local Internet Improvement Districts in New Hampshire – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 179
Local governments in New Hampshire are quite limited in how they can use public financing to invest in fiber optic networks, but Hanover is exploring an approach to create voluntary special assessmen…
00:18:38 |
Tue 01 Dec 2015
Colorado's Unique Environment of Local Collaboration – Community Broadband Bits Episode 178
A few weeks back, Colorado voters overwhelmingly chose local authority and community networks over the status quo Internet connections. Approximately 50 local governments had referenda to reclaim aut…
00:24:02 |
Tue 24 Nov 2015
Self-Financed EC Fiber Continues to Grow – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 177
Carole Monroe is back on Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] for Episode 177 this week, to discuss the East Central Vermont Fiber network and its unique financing model. Carole is now…
00:21:36 |
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Maine Model for Muni Fiber – Dark and Open – Community Broadband Bits Episode 176
An interesting confluence in events in Maine have resulted in what some are calling the “Maine model” of fiber optic networks that are available to multiple Internet Service Providers to encourage co…
00:22:21 |
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Chattanooga Crushes It – Marketing, Technology, and Nearby Communities – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 175
Chattanooga returns to the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast this week in episode 175 to talk about their 10 Gbps upgrade, the fibervention campaign, TN4Fiber, and having su…
00:26:28 |
Tue 03 Nov 2015
Exploring Early Stages of Building Municipal Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Episode 174
When communities consider building their own network, they are often venturing outside their areas of expertise and have to get advice from consultants and industry experts. This week, we talk with t…
00:19:49 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
Muni Fiber in Idaho Helps 911 Dispatch and First Responders – Community Broadband Bits Episode 173
Ammon, Idaho, continues to quietly build a future-looking open access fiber network. Though the City won't be providing services directly to subscribers, the network it is building and the model it h…
00:26:25 |
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Open Access Engineering Options – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 172
The holy grail of Internet access for many of us continues to be a situation in which multiple providers can compete on a level playing field, which should lower costs to subscribers and encourage in…
00:31:09 |
Tue 13 Oct 2015
Wilson Business Thrives With Muni Fiber Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 171
When Wilson decided to build its municipal fiber network in North Carolina, it found a strong opponent in Tina Mooring, store manager of Computer Central. One of the local business' sources of revenu…
00:10:23 |
Tue 06 Oct 2015
Spanish Fork Building Gig Fiber over Cable Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 170
The Spanish Fork Community Network has long been among the most successful community broadband projects. And now that the community has finished paying off the debt of the network, they are using the…
00:25:00 |
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Explaining Right-of-Way Basics – Community Broadband Bits Episode 169
For this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary], we are delving into an area of law and practice that is quite important for Internet network deployment but tends to be dry and co…
00:29:30 |
Tue 22 Sep 2015
Salisbury Fibrant Launches 10 Gbps Citywide – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 168
Salisbury's municipal FTTH network, Fibrant is the first citywide 10 Gbps network in the nation. Located in North Carolina, Salisbury is also one of very few municipal citywide fiber networks that wa…
00:23:03 |
Tue 15 Sep 2015
The Benefits of, Lessons From, SandyNet – Community Broadband Bits Episode 167
Two of the stars from our video on SandyNet in Oregon, join us this week for Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] episode 167. Sandy City Council President Jeremy Pietzold and IT Direc…
00:30:24 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
Danville's Incremental Strategy Pays Off – Community Broadband Bits Episode 166
Danville, Virginia, has long been one of the municipal network approaches that we like to highlight. Built in a region hard hit by the transition away from tobacco and manufacturing economies, the op…
00:20:59 |
Tue 01 Sep 2015
Policies for Better Broadband – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 165
Back in July, Next Century Cities released a short report, Connecting 21st Century Communities: A Policy Agenda for Broadband Stakeholders, exploring various policies and approaches that will improve…
00:21:13 |
Tue 25 Aug 2015
More Details on the Northwest Open Access Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode 164
Just a few short weeks ago, we interviewed Dave Spencer, the Chief Operating Officer for the Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) in Washington. We offered a good overview, but got some requests fo…
00:23:01 |
Tue 18 Aug 2015
Modest Investment Yields Results in Steamboat Springs – Community Broadband Bits Episode 163
When Steamboat Springs resolved to improve Internet access for key community anchor institutions and businesses, they decided to make an economical investment in a carrier neutral facility to allow m…
00:20:49 |
Tue 11 Aug 2015
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