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
Illinois' Monticello Local Partnership Leads to Big Savings – Community Broadband Bits Episode 102
Following up on Lisa's in-depth story on Monticello, Illinois, we asked Vic Zimmerman to join us for episode 102 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary]. We talk about how rural Mo…
00:15:39 |
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Understanding Title II and Network Neutrality – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #101
With all of the recent media discussions around network neutrality, reclassification, and “Title II,” we decided to spend this week talking with Matt Wood, Policy Director for Free Press to simplify …
00:20:04 |
Tue 03 Jun 2014
Story Behind Westminster's Pending Open Access Fiber Network – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 100
For our 100th episode, we are excited to share a conversation with Dr. Robert Wack, city council member and driving force behind a planned open access fiber network in Westminster, Maryland. Westmins…
00:18:41 |
Tue 27 May 2014
Catching Up with the RS Fiber Coop in Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #99
In the nearly two years since we launched this podcast with an interview from Minnesota's rural Sibley County, the project has evolved significantly but the need for better Internet access remains a …
00:21:25 |
Tue 20 May 2014
Rural Colorado's Cortez Fiber Network Serves Region – Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode #98
Located in rural southwest Colorado, Cortez is just 20 miles from the famous four corners of the US southwest. When incumbents were either unwilling or unable to provide modern services in the region…
00:20:47 |
Tue 13 May 2014
Connecting Arlington, From Anchors to Businesses – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #97
Located just outside Washington DC, Arlington is the dense, high tech county that houses the Pentagon. This week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast features Arlington Count…
00:29:25 |
Tue 06 May 2014
Peering: Then and Now on Community Broadband Bits Podcast #96
This week we are welcoming Scott Bradner, a long time doer, writer, and thinker on Internet matters. Thanks to a listener request, we had already recorded an interview last week discussing peering be…
00:22:30 |
Tue 29 Apr 2014
Montrose Moves Toward Muni Network -Community Broadband Bits Podcast #95
Nestled in a valley in the Colorado rockies, the city of Montrose has voted overwhelmingly to reestablish local authority over whether to build a municipal fiber network. With nearly 20,000 people, M…
00:19:44 |
Tue 22 Apr 2014
Advice for Starting a Community Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode #94
The Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast this week focuses on what people can do to start building a grassroots effort for a network in their community. John St Julien of Lafay…
00:20:49 |
Tue 15 Apr 2014
Benefits of Increased Broadband Utilization – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #93
While in Iowa for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities telecom conference, I had a chance to interview Michael Curri, the Founder and President of Strategic Networks Group – SNG. He and I have…
00:14:17 |
Tue 08 Apr 2014
Understanding the Georgia Communications Cooperative – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #92
While at the SEATOA Conference in Raleigh last week, I met Mike Foor, the President and CEO of the Georgia Communications Cooperative (GCC). Given the important role GCC is playing in expanding great…
00:14:01 |
Tue 01 Apr 2014
To Overbuild or Underbuild? A Rural Policy Conundrum – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #91
Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or a coop receiving subsidies from government to engage in overbui…
00:13:16 |
Tue 25 Mar 2014
Exploring Santa Monica's Incremental Fiber Approach – Community Broadband Bits Episode 90
Just a few weeks after releasing our case study of Santa Monica's City Net, we have an opportunity to interview Jory Wolf, CIO of Santa Monica, and the chief driver of City Net. This is episode #90 o…
00:19:55 |
Tue 18 Mar 2014
History of the Quickly Subverted 1996 Telecommunications Act – Community Broadband Bits Episode 89
If all had gone according to the plan behind the 1996 Telecommunications Act, we would have lots of competition among Internet service providers, not just cable and DSL but other technologies as well…
00:29:40 |
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Overview of Stockholm's Stokab – Community Broadband Bits Episode #88
Having just returned from a short trip to Sweden, Lisa Gonzalez and I discuss what I learned and how Stockholm has become one of the most connected cities on the planet. We talk about how Stockholm b…
00:15:37 |
Tue 04 Mar 2014
Processes for a Gigabit Community: Community Broadband Bits Episode 87
More communities are today considering how they can improve Internet access in their community than at any other time. Having a gigabit is quickly becoming the standard – not because we all need 1,00…
00:26:29 |
Tue 25 Feb 2014
How Ammon, Idaho, Builds Digital Roads – Community Broadband Bits Episode 86
Ammon, a town of 14,000 in southeast Idaho, has been incrementally building an open access, fiber optic network that has connected community anchor institutions and is starting to become available to…
00:25:33 |
Tue 18 Feb 2014
Fork in the Road For UTOPIA: Forward or Backward? Community Broadband Bits Episode #85
The Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, which we have written about many times, is at a crossroads. An Australian corporation specializing in infrastructure is prepared to infuse $300…
00:17:35 |
Tue 11 Feb 2014
A Roadmap for the FCC To Ensure Local Authority to Build Networks – Community Broadband Podcast #84
When the DC Circuit Court handed down a decision ruling against the FCC's Open Internet (network neutrality) rules, it also clarified that the FCC has the power to overrule state laws that limit loca…
00:15:28 |
Tue 04 Feb 2014
The Real Threats from Monopoly – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #83
When we think about the threat of monopoly, we almost always focus on how monopolies can raise prices beyond what is reasonable. But there are many threats from monopolies and many are much more dang…
00:19:43 |
Tue 28 Jan 2014
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