Publicly Owned Networks Spur Competition And Offer Fastest Speeds at Lowest Prices, Says New Report

Date: 3 May 2010 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks, Press Release | 1 Facebooktwitterredditmail

"Publicly owned fiber networks have proven globally competitive – they offer the single best hope for communities that need to stay competitive in the digital age," says Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) Telecommunications as Commons Initiative and author of a newly released ILSR report Breaking the Broadband Monopoly.… Read More

New Wind Data Finds a Windier, More Self-Reliant Midwest

Date: 3 Mar 2010 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Five Midwest states (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio) could get nearly all their electricity from wind, according to updated maps from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). New data from Wind Powering America mean that 32 states could get all of their electricity from in-state resources, even more than initially revealed in ILSR’s ground-breaking report last fall, Energy Self-Reliant States. The revised estimates come from the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Wind Powering America project and are the first nationwide update since the early 1990s.… Read More

President’s Smart Grid Grants are not a Transmission Superhighway, Thankfully

Date: 29 Oct 2009 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, Press Release | 1 Facebooktwitterredditmail

There’s good news and bad news in President Obama’s announcement Wednesday of 100 grants totaling $3.4 billion to build a smarter electric grid.  The good news is the grants. The bad news is that President Obama continues to conflate the need for a smart grid with the need for a new national high voltage grid. … Read More

31 States can be Self-Sufficient with In-State Renewable Energy

Date: 6 Oct 2009 | posted in: Energy, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

States donʼt need to seek energy imports to meet their renewable energy goals.  Energy Self-Reliant States finds that almost the entire country west of the Mississippi and parts of the Eastern Seaboard (a total of 31 states) can serve all their electricity needs with in-state renewable power, and that every state could reach its renewable mandate with domestically available renewable resources.  … Read More

Chattanooga Launches Nation’s Largest Muni Fiber Network

Date: 28 Sep 2009 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR is pleased to congratulate Chattanooga, Tennessee, for building the largest publicly owned, full fiber network in the United States.  Chattanooga’s public power utility, EPB, began offering telephone, broadband, and television services on its network on September 15.

This broadband network will allow smart-grid applications for the electrical utility as well as offer local support, faster speeds for both uploading and downloading.

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How the Obama Administration Dismantled the Public Interest Provisions of the Broadband Stimulus

Date: 28 Jul 2009 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR’s MuniNetworks.org has published a story explaining how the Obama Administration ignored Congress to favor private companies over public networks when distributing the broadband stimulus.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is now accepting applications for its broadband stimulus program, has crafted rules that benefit private companies at the expense of the public interest.

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ILSR Launches MuniNetworks.org

Date: 4 Jun 2009 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR announces a new site focusing on publicly owned broadband networks and the benefits they offer to the community.  MuniNetworks.org explains the many advantages of community ownership and documents the impressive speeds available from some of the top-performing networks.  Community broadband networks offer some of the fastest speeds at the most affordable prices in the United States.… Read More

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