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
Bob Frankston Returns to Community Broadband Bits Podcast – Episode 122
For this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast, we are excited to have Bob Frankston back on the show. Frankston has spent a long time thinking about connectivity and we …
00:33:54 |
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Next Century Cities – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 121
This week, we helped to launch Next Century Cities, a collaborative effort of local governments that are making smart investments and partnerships to ensure their communities have fast, affordable, a…
00:09:29 |
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Responding to Crazy Talk: Arguments Against FCC Restoring Local Authority – Community Broadband Bits Episode 120
Lisa Gonzalez and I have been wading though all kinds of crazy talk since the cities of Wilson and Chattanooga filed petitions with the FCC to strike down state laws that prevent them from offering I…
00:16:13 |
Tue 14 Oct 2014
State of Minnesota's Border to Border Broadband Fund – Community Broadband Bits Episode 119
Earlier, this year, the Minnesota Legislature established a “Border to Border” Broadband fund to expand Internet access to the least connected in the state. Senator Matt Schmit and Representative Eri…
00:23:26 |
Tue 07 Oct 2014
Connecticut Communities Want Better Internet Access – Community Broadband Bits Episode 118
While in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Broadband Communities Municipal Broadband and Economic Development event, I met several of the people that have been working on an initiative that aims to …
00:23:03 |
Tue 30 Sep 2014
Dakota County is Fiber Rich Thanks to Dig Once Approach – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 117
Calls for “dig once” policies have resonated for years. The general idea is that we can more fiber and conduit in the ground at lower prices if we coordinate to include them in various projects that …
00:18:37 |
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Reflections on the Internet Governance Forum – Community Broadband Bits Episode 116
This week, Lisa Gonzalez interviews me about my recent trip to the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. The IGF is an opportunity for anyone concerned with Internet Governance on planet Ear…
00:17:01 |
Tue 16 Sep 2014
First Muni Fiber Net in Maine – Community Broadband Bits Episode 115
By building a fiber line to allow some local businesses to get next-generation Internet access, Rockport became the first municipal fiber network in the state of Maine. Town Manager Richard Bates joi…
00:16:26 |
Tue 09 Sep 2014
Sallisaw: The First Muni Fiber Network in Oklahoma – Community Broadband Bits Episode 114
Sallisaw is one of many small municipal FTTH networks that most people are not familiar with. For a decade, they have been quietly meeting their community's needs with DiamondNet. For this week's Com…
00:17:22 |
Tue 02 Sep 2014
Muni Fiber in Rural Massachusetts – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 113
Though much of western Massachusetts has poor access to the Internet, the town of Leverett is in the midst of fiber build that will offer a gigabit to anyone who wants it. Peter d'Errico, on the town…
00:18:26 |
Tue 26 Aug 2014
Missoula Pursues Open Access Fiber for Jobs – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 112
After having met City Councilmember Caitlin Copple at last year's Broadband Communities event in Austin and seeing the progress Missoula, Montana, has made in considering a municipal fiber network, I…
00:17:32 |
Tue 19 Aug 2014
Muni Fiber as Real Estate – Community Broadband Bits Episode 111
Hunter Newby is back for his second appearance on Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] to discuss his thoughts on carrier neutral approaches to spur our economy with more investment in…
00:20:42 |
Tue 12 Aug 2014
Understanding the Wilson and Chattanooga FCC Petitions – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 110
Given the exciting development of the FCC opening comment on petitions from Wilson, NC and Chattanooga, TN to restore local authority to their states, Lisa and I decided to take over this week's podc…
00:24:42 |
Tue 05 Aug 2014
Rural Utilities Building Broadband Networks – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 109
If you have doubts that we can or will connect rural America with high quality Internet connections, listen to our show today. Alyssa Clemsen-Roberts, the Industry Affairs Manager at the Utilities Te…
00:17:11 |
Tue 29 Jul 2014
The Past and Future of Muni Fiber in Boulder – Community Broadband Bits Episode 108
Boulder is the latest Colorado community to recognize the benefits of using city-owned fiber to spur job growth and improve quality of life. Boulder Director of Information Technology Don Ingle joins…
00:16:40 |
Wed 23 Jul 2014
Holly Springs Finds Savings with Muni Fiber – Community Broadband Bits Episode 107
Holly Springs, a town of about 25,000 in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has built its own network to connect community anchor institutions and has an interest in using it to spur economic dev…
00:13:55 |
Tue 15 Jul 2014
Early Lessons from Longmont – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 106
Longmont is about to break ground on the citywide FTTH gigabit network but it is already offering services to local businesses and a few neighborhoods that started as pilot projects. Vince Jordan, pr…
00:22:24 |
Tue 08 Jul 2014
Reflections on Mountain Connect Rural Broadband Conference – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 105
With so many people on vacation this week for Independence Day, we decided to take it easy and reflect on my trip to Colorado to discuss rural broadband at the Mountain Connect conference. Lisa and I…
00:12:42 |
Tue 01 Jul 2014
Fiber as Real Estate – Allied Fiber on Episode 104 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
I recall first hearing about Alled Fiber a few years back and not thinking much about it. It seemed like another operator focused on connecting wireless towers and building long haul fiber… but then …
00:21:07 |
Tue 24 Jun 2014
A Short CLIC Background – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 103
This week, Lisa and I discuss the Coalition for Local Internet Choice, CLIC, that was announced last week. This is a short episode that aims to answer some of the common questions about CLIC, includi…
00:08:18 |
Tue 17 Jun 2014
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