Coverage of FCC Decision on Muni Broadband Networks and Net Neutrality

Date: 1 Mar 2015 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Various Sources, February 26 – March 1, 2015 ILSR was part of a broad coalition that had been working to get the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules to protect the development of municipally owned broadband networks across the country along with supporting net neutrality.  Here are a selection of media stories that ILSR was … Read More

FCC ruling could mean better Internet

Date: 1 Mar 2015 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Daily News Journal, March 1, 2015 MURFREESBORO – Along with its vote to support net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Thursday that city-owned broadband services can expand into areas overlooked by commercial providers.  The decision quietly played out minutes before the FCC took up the higher-profile issue of Internet neutrality, which imposed the toughest … Read More

Mpls. faces tricky questions over cable TV, Internet competition

Date: 27 Feb 2015 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Minnesota Public Radio, February 27, 2015 The question of whether to allow a second cable TV provider into Minneapolis is setting off a contentious debate.  Comcast currently has a monopoly on the market. It was required to offer service to the entire city, not just wealthier neighborhoods, when it moved in. Now CenturyLink wants to provide … Read More

Your City Is Going To Be Able To Build Its Own Broadband And Blow Evil Cable Companies Away

Date: 24 Feb 2015 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Fast Company, February 20, 2015 Comcast, Verizon, AT&T: Watch out. In order to increase competition and expand high-speed Internet access to areas without, the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote next week to support the rights of cities to create their own fiber networks. Hundreds of communities have already built their own public broadband infrastructure in … Read More

Walmart Uses How Much Coal?

Date: 31 Dec 2014 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Sierra Club – Nov/Dec 2014 One of the things that makes greenwashing possible is the structure of the American media. Reporters have an instinctive affection for the unexpected or counterintuitive, so when the press release from Walmart arrives pledging to shift to 100 percent renewable energy and touting the solar panels on the roofs of some … Read More

Building Community, Strengthening Economies: ILSR’s 2014 Annual Report

Date: 29 Dec 2014 | posted in: Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As we confront the daunting challenges of a severely compromised climate, crippling inequality, and a failing federal government, ILSR’s forward-thinking, bottom-up solutions have never been more needed.  We need your support today. Help us fight against the concentration of corporate power, the loss of control of our local economies and government, and the growing threats to … Read More

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