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
Building at the Speed of Light in Pharr, Texas – Episode 518 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by two people from Pharr, Texas (pop. 80,000), which has embarked on a citywide fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network build that is seeing strong local supp…
00:40:41 |
Tue 06 Sep 2022
The Straight Talk About Rural Fiber Deployments – Episode 517 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Joseph Franell, President of Blue Mountain Networks (which serves more than 30 rural communities west of Portland) in Oregon. Joe joined the team at…
00:46:15 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Short Update – Community Broadband Bits Podcast
A quick update from Christopher on upcoming episodes of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Transcript coming soon. We want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please e-mail us or leave a co…
00:02:01 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Mapping, BEAD, and the Future of Broadband – Episode 516 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Jon Chambers, industry veteran and partner at Conexon. The two begin by talking about the work electric cooperatives are doing in rural areas to con…
00:47:10 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
The Birth of the Texas State Broadband Development Office – Episode 515 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Greg Conte, Director of the Texas Broadband Development Office, and ILSR Outreach Team Lead DeAnne Cuellar. The state of Texas finds itself in a com…
00:30:41 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Campaigns to Keep Monopolies We Don’t Love – Episode 514 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Sean Gonsalves, Senior Reporter and Editor at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. During the converstion, they talk about the value and concrete …
00:38:45 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
The New FCC Broadband Fabric – Episode 513 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Mike Conlow, Director of Network Strategy at Cloudflare, a network security and Internet performance company. Christopher and Mike dive into the upc…
00:34:31 |
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Should the BEAD Program Be As Onerous As It Seems? – Episode 512 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week’s podcast comes from the Fiber Connect 2022 conference held in Nashville, Tennessee last month where Christopher caught up with Heather Mills, Vice President for Grants and Funding Strategi…
00:34:44 |
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Frameworks for the Future in Newark – Episode 511 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Seth Wainer, the former CIO of the city of Newark, New Jersey. During the conversation, Seth shares his time with the city from 2013-2018. He talks …
00:35:16 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Empowering Municipalities in New York – Episode 510 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast Christopher is joined by Scott Rasmussen, Acting Director of the New York State ConnectALL Office. During the show, the two dive into how New York will spend its broadband fu…
00:25:26 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Underbuilding, States BEAD Posturing, and Hot Topics in Community Networks – Episode 509 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by senior staff on the broadband initiative to dig into recent topics, including Senior Reporter, Editor and Communications Team Lead Sean Gonsalves, C…
00:36:25 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
How Consulting Firms Can Help Communities Plan, Build, and Finance Local Broadband Networks – Episode 508 Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast Christopher is joined by Ken Demlow, Planning Services Group Manager with HR Green, a leading employee-owned civil engineering and technical management firm with offices in n…
00:19:36 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
How INCOMPAS Advocates for Broadband Policy That Promotes Competition – Episode 507 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, while attending the 2022 Broadband Communities Summit in Houston earlier this month, Christopher was joined by Angie Kronenberg, Chief Advocate and General Counsel for INCOM…
00:29:19 |
Tue 31 May 2022
How Clarksville became Arkansas’ First Two-Gigabit City – Episode 506 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by John Lester, General Manager of Clarksville Connected. The two discuss how Clarksville, a small rural community of about 10,000 in northwest Arkansa…
00:28:46 |
Thu 26 May 2022
Lessons on Retail and Wholesale Broadband Models from Europe, Asia, and the U.S. – Episode 505 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Benoit Felton (Independent Consultant, Diffraction Analysis). During the conversation, the two discuss the transformational potential of broadband,…
00:49:17 |
Tue 10 May 2022
Introducing the American Association of Public Broadband – Episode 504 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined live from Broadband Communities by Bob Knight (CEO, Harrison Edwards) and Kim McKinley (Chief Marketing Officer, UTOPIA Fiber). During the conversatio…
00:25:11 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Previewing Mountain Connect 2022 – Episode 503 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Jeff Gavlinski, CEO of Mountain Connect to preview this year’s event. During the conversation, the two talk about what makes Mountain Connect differ…
00:27:32 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Los Angeles County and California Are Building A Broadband Future – Episode 502 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Shayna Englin, Director of the Digital Equity Initiative at the California Community Foundation. During the conversation, the two talk about Shayna’…
00:38:55 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
What New York State Got Right and No Answers on States Rights Question – Episode 501 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by three colleagues from the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at ILSR including Sean Gonsalves (Communications Team Lead), Ry Marcattilio-McCrac…
00:22:19 |
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Y-ZONE is Connecting Families with CBRS – Episode 500 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Margaret Kaufer, President of the New York-based STEM Alliance, and Bob Cacase, Commissioner of Information Technology for the City of Yonkers. Duri…
00:35:01 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
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