Testimonial from EPB Fiber
EPB Fiber has produced several testimonials from real Chattanooga residents on their switch.… Read More
iProvo for Dummies
Jesse Harris, of the Free UTOPIA blog, gave a presentation explaining broadband network concepts and definitions without technical jargon. … Read More
Chelan PUD
A video from Chelan shows the benefits of a publicly owned fiber-to-the-home network in a rural public utility district in Washington State.… Read More
Sascha Meinrath on Broadband
A short video of Sascha Meinrath discussing the power of community networks, the need for broadband competition, and why the National Broadband Plan misses the mark.… Read More
New Map of Publicly Owned Broadband Shows Impressive Coverage Across America
ILSR has released the Community Broadband Map, showing the location of over one hundred communities that have rejected the tyranny of existing carriers and built their own networks. Along with the map, ILSR has released a report, Publicly Owned Broadband Networks: Averting the Looming Broadband Monopoly.
“The Community Broadband Map reveals the depth and breadth of publicly owned networks,” says Christopher Mitchell, Director of ILSR’s Telecommunications as Commons Initiative.
Publicly Owned Broadband Networks: Averting the Looming Broadband Monopoly
Quietly, virtually unreported on, a new player has emerged in the United States telecommunications sector: publicly owned networks. Today over 54 cities, big and small, own citywide fiber networks while another 79 own citywide cable networks. Over 3 million people have access to telecommunications networks whose objective is to maximize value to the community in which they are located rather than to distant stockholders and corporate executives.
For several years ILSR has been tracking telecommunications developments at the local and state level. We have worked with businesses and communities protecting their right to self-determination via the fundamental infrastructure for the information-based economy. This report offers some of our findings.
Video Shows Community Networks Far Superior to Cable, DSL in North Carolina
ILSR produced a video to highlight the impressive dominance of publicly-owned networks in North Carolina.
PBS: Need to Know – High Fiber
Rick Karr, a correspondent with PBS’ Need to Know, travels to Europe to investigate why some countries there have surpassed the US in fast, affordable, and reliable access to the Internet.… Read More