Wal-Mart Pledges To Hire Veterans And Buy More US Products

Date: 15 Jan 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Washington Post, January 15, 2013 Why wait on Washington when there’s Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer and the biggest private employer in the U.S. with 1.4 million workers here, said Tuesday that it is rolling out a three-part plan to help jumpstart the sluggish U.S. economy. The plan includes hiring more than … Read More

Where in America Can You Get Gigabit Internet?

Date: 9 Jan 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

High Speed Geek, January 9, 2013 Gigabit internet is awesome. And elusive. Gigabit ethernet speed is equal to 1,000,000,000 bits per second or 1,000 Mbps. For comparison: “fast ethernet” is considered to be 100 Mbps, which is still much faster than standard internet service that’s normally 10 Mbps (like the kind you’d get from Time Warner … Read More

On-site Solar Revolution Forecast For U.S.

Date: 7 Jan 2013 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Cogeneration Magazine, January 7, 2013 Rooftop solar could meet 10% of US power demand by 2022, claims the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), which expects installations on more than 35 million buildings to undercut utility power. The ILSR’s report forecasts that a surge of distributed generation from photovoltaic (PV) panels on homes and businesses will spread … Read More

Shop Local Movement Sweeps Lowcountry

Date: 6 Jan 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Beaufort Gazette, January 6, 2013 A coupon book offering discounts at Hilton Head Island restaurants and a website promoting businesses in downtown Beaufort and Port Royal represent the latest attempts to lure Lowcountry diners and shoppers away from big-box retailers and chain restaurants and into locally owned shops and eateries. …snip… Around the same time … Read More

Group Seeks Co-op Status for Troubled Vermont Municipal Network

Date: 4 Jan 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Telecompetitor, January 4, 2013 A citizen’s group in Burlington, Vermont hopes to transform troubled municipal network Burlington Telecom into a customer-owned cooperative. In so doing, the group – tentatively called Green Mountain Broadband Fiber — hopes to prevent the network from being privatized and to retain local control. According to a report published by the Institute … Read More

Telcos Lobby North Carolina to Make Community Internet Illegal, Then Abandon the State to 2nd Worst Internet in the Country

Date: 3 Jan 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Boing Boing, January 3, 2013 A lot of people were frustrated in 2011 when the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill written by Time Warner Cable to revoke local authority to build community-owned networks. A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Common Cause explains how Time Warner Cable, AT&T, and CenturyLink bought … Read More

Solar for All

Date: 1 Jan 2013 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Sierra Magazine, January 1, 2013 I really wanted the figures to work out. So did Ricky, the nice young guy from Sungevity who was trying to lease me a solar array for my roof. My family was looking into a 1.7-kilowatt system—the smallest available. Even so, our miserly habits kept us firmly in our utility’s lowest—and … Read More

Zagara’s Family Grocery Prepares for New Big Competitor, Walmart

Date: 29 Dec 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 29, 2012 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — At Zagara’s Marketplace, shoppers who can’t find something they need can request it at the customer service desk.  Store President John Zagara will hunt it down and special-order it — even if the person who asked for it ends up being the only customer who wants … Read More

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