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
Empowering Community in Cleveland, with Digital C – Episode 499 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the show, Christopher is joined by Angela Thi Bennett, Director of Advocacy & Impact at DigitalC, a community-based Cleveland nonprofit which operates a fixed wireless network in the cit…
00:21:23 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Breaking Down BEAD Funding Requirements with Nancy Werner – Episode 498 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Nancy Werner, General Counsel of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). During the conversation, the two tal…
00:30:01 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
ARPA Funding, Telehealth and a Good Rant – Episode 497 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by ILSR Community Broadband Networks Research Team Lead Ry Marcattilio-McCracken and Communications Team Lead Sean Gonsalves. During the conversation, …
00:31:16 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Special Report: Baltimore Builds Muni Fiber, Prioritizing Equity – Episode 496 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, radio producer Matt Purdy reports a story on Baltimore’s efforts to build a municipal broadband network that prioritizes equity for historically marginalized communities. Th…
00:12:59 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Accelerate! Program Shows Promise in Midwest Communities – Episode 495 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Bill Coleman, Founder of Community Technology Advisors in St. Paul, Minnesota. During the conversation, the two discuss the origins of the Blandin F…
00:27:41 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
CUDs are Connecting Rural Vermont – Episode 494 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Will Anderson, Program Coordinator at Vermont Communications Union Districts Association (VCUDA) and Evan Carlson, Board Chair at NEK Broadband (Nor…
00:34:24 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Waverly Muni Fiber Another Success Story for Iowa – Episode 493 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Jeff Magsamen, Telecom Director at Waverly Utilities in Waverly, Iowa. During the conversation, the two discuss Waverly’s journey building a municip…
00:19:48 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Public Open Access Spurs Competition in Washington State – Episode 492 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Joe Poire, Director of Petrichor Broadband in Whitman County, Washington. During the conversation, the two discuss the unique role of Ports in Washi…
00:28:50 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
Perspectives From An Established Muni Network – Episode 491 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by PJ Armstrong, Interim General Manager at Monmouth Independence Networks (MINET) operating in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. During the conversation, th…
00:23:16 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Geography is Everything – Episode 490 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Bob Marshall, General Manager of the Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative and the Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications Company. During the conversat…
00:30:01 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
It’s Not a Rural Broadband Challenge, It’s a Statewide Broadband Challenge – Episode 489 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Matt Schmit, Director of the Illinois Office of Broadband and Chair of Illinois Broadband Advisory Council. During the conversation, the two discuss…
00:46:16 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Last Year and Next Year: Predictions Evaluated and Recharged – Episode 488 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, we’re back for another staff conversation about all that 2021 had to offer and serve up some predictions for the coming year. Joining Christopher on the show are Senio…
00:49:47 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
A History of Form 477 and Broadband Mapping Data – Episode 487 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher Mitchell is joined by Derek Turner, the research director for Free Press, to talk about the history of the federal governme…
00:39:55 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
What Does All This Money Mean? – Bonus Episode 15 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
For episode 15 of our bonus series, “Why NC Broadband Matters,” Christopher Mitchell is joined by Catharine Rice (Co-founder of NC Broadband Matters and Project Manager at the Coalition for Local In…
00:38:14 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
A Look Back on the Biggest Broadband Stories of 2021 – Episode 486 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher Mitchell invites the Community Broadband Networks Initiative staff onto the show to talk about what they believe were some …
00:59:30 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
A Washington PUD Prioritizes Open Access Fiber After Pandemic – Episode 485 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher Mitchell welcomes Willie Painter, the public affairs manager for the Lewis County’s Public Utility District (PUD), to talk …
00:30:39 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
NDIA Webinar: Digital Inclusion Funding in the Infrastructure Act – Bonus Episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
This week, we are releasing a bonus episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, featuring a recent National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) webinar on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Ac…
00:56:35 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
What States, Communities, and Activists Need to Do to Make the Most of the Infrastructure Act – Episode 484 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Christopher Mitchell brings back a longtime favorite guest, Jon Chambers, Partner at Conexon, to talk about what is next for municipal …
00:49:15 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Local Solutions for Expanding Broadband Accessibility – Episode 483 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, host Christopher Mitchell is joined by Russ Elliot, the CEO of Siskiyou Telephone in Northern California. The two discuss the importan…
00:36:06 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Fort Dodge Brings FTTH to Fruition – Episode 482 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Sean Gonsalves joins regular host Christopher Mitchell in a conversation with Michael Maloney, a public finance banker and the Managing…
00:38:24 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
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