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
Catching Up on UC2B in Illinois – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #42
The home of the first web browser (Mosiac) is now building an exciting open access network – the twin cities of Urbana-Champaign received a stimulus award for UC2B (2B = Big Broadband). Episode #42 o…
00:20:53 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Sascha Meinrath Causes a Commotion on Community Broadband Bits #41
Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation, joined me at the National Conference for Media Reform to discuss what OTI does and to discuss the Commo…
00:20:15 |
Tue 09 Apr 2013
Opelika Builds First Full Fiber Network in Alabama – Community Broadband Bits Episode 40
Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller and Jennifer McCain, partner of the Motive Group discuss why this Alabama town is the first to build its own fiber optic network in the state. In short, Opelika had long bee…
00:30:24 |
Tue 02 Apr 2013
Moultrie City Manager Discusses Origins of CNS Network in Georgia for Community Broadband Bits Episode 39
Mike Scott, City Manager of Moultrie in Georgia, joins us for Episode #39 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast to share the origins of the Community Network Services (CN…
00:20:11 |
Tue 26 Mar 2013
In Washington, Mt. Vernon Attracts Businesses with Open Access Network – Community Broadband Bits Episode 38
Nearly 20 years ago, a small community between Seattle and Bellingham, Washington, began building a fiber optic network to connect key municipal facilities. In the years since, Mt Vernon has expanded…
00:27:22 |
Tue 19 Mar 2013
Blair Levin Discusses Gig.U and More for Community Broadband Bits Episode #37
Blair Levin is Executive Director of Gig.U. Prior to that, he was in charge of developing the National Broadband Plan and long before that was Chief of Staff for the FCC during the Clinton Presidency…
00:35:15 |
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Carole Monroe Explains New Hampshire's Fast Roads Initiative – Community Broadband Bits #36
The New Hampshire Fast Roads Initiative is bringing great Internet access to rural New Hampshire. Project CEO Carole Monroe joined us for this week's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossar…
00:29:09 |
Tue 05 Mar 2013
Morristown Explains Why it Built a Fiber Network for Itself – Community Broadband Bits #35
Morristown, Tennessee, is one of very few communities where anyone in town can immediately get a gigabit delivered to their home and business. General Manager and CEO Jody Wigington of the municipal …
00:22:29 |
Tue 26 Feb 2013
Dewayne Hendricks Explains the Forgotten National Information Infrastructure – Community Broadband Bits #34
Have you heard of the National Information Infrastructure, or the NII? Most of us either haven't, or have forgotten we once knew what it could be. Dewayne Hendricks joins us to remind us what it was …
00:30:35 |
Tue 19 Feb 2013
Billy Ray, Community Broadband Pioneer, Joins us For Community Broadband Bits #33
Glasgow was a true pioneer in community owned broadband networks, starting with its own cable plant in the 1980s. Billy Ray, CEO of Glasgow Electric Plant Board, has been an inspiration for municipal…
00:27:16 |
Tue 12 Feb 2013
The Five Fundamentals for Future Telecommunications – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #32
Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of Public Knowledge, is back on Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] to discuss five fundamental rules necessary to ensure we have a great telecommun…
00:24:43 |
Tue 05 Feb 2013
Scarlett McGrady Explains Virginia's Wired Road
The Wired Road is an ambitious fiber optic and wireless project offering Internet access to several underserved areas in rural Virginia. For the 31st episode of our Community Broadband [no-glossary]B…
00:20:23 |
Tue 29 Jan 2013
Jason Bird Explains how Princeton Kept Jobs in Community with Publicly Owned Fiber Network
Jason Bird is the Electrical Superintendent at the city of Princeton Utilities in Illinois. He joins us for the 30th episode of our Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Podcast to expl…
00:21:10 |
Tue 22 Jan 2013
Susan Crawford, Captive Audience, and How to Kill the Cable Monopoly
Susan Crawford, author of the just-released Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age, is our guest for the 29th episode of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]…
00:16:55 |
Tue 15 Jan 2013
Community Broadband Bits 28 – Bruce Kushnick
If you think the United States cannot afford to take a fiber optic cable to just about every home in the country, you might be surprised to find out that we have already paid for it. We just haven't …
00:27:06 |
Tue 08 Jan 2013
Best of 2012 Community Broadband Bits
I meant to post this over the Holiday Break but it fell through the cracks. So, at the beginning of 2013, here are some of our best moments from the 2012 Weekly Podcast, Community Broadband [no-gloss…
00:10:00 |
Wed 02 Jan 2013
Community Broadband Bits 26 – Josh Wallace, Palo Alto
This week, Josh Wallace from the City of Palo Alto Utilities joins us to talk about the City's dark fiber network for episode 26 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Podcast. Jo…
00:19:31 |
Tue 18 Dec 2012
Community Broadband Bits 25 – Dewayne Hendricks Returns
Dewayne Hendricks has returned for his second appearance on the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] Podcast, continuing our discussion about the potential for wireless technologies to…
00:24:07 |
Tue 11 Dec 2012
Community Broadband Bits 24 – Dr Browder of Bristol, Tennessee
Dr Browder runs Bristol Tennessee Essential Services, the municipal utility on the southern side of Bristol's Virginia border. For our 24th Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast…
00:20:32 |
Tue 04 Dec 2012
Community Broadband Bits 23 – Harold Feld from Public Knowledge
One hundred years after Teddy Roosevelt and AT&T agreed to the Kingsbury Commitment, Harold Feld joins us on Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast to explain what the Kingsbury …
00:22:49 |
Tue 27 Nov 2012
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