Why Have So Many Cities and Towns Given Away So Much Money to Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s?

Date: 13 Aug 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Atlantic Cities, August 13, 2012 When Bill Winkler opened his small archery shop, he was prepared to compete against businesses large and small – but not against a government-financed competitor.  “The day Bass Pro opened here in Bossier, the number of arrows I sold dropped off by 50 percent,” says Winkler.  A Bass Pro Shop … Read More

Hawaii Makes Long Strides in Solar Energy

Date: 3 Aug 2012 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Get Solar, August 3, 2012 The Aloha State has many natural resources, including its volcanoes and its miles of shoreline, but one thing the state lacks is an abundant source of fossil fuels. Hawaii had to import 94 percent of its energy sources in 2010, according to the Energy Information Association.  However, Hawaii does have an … Read More

How Communities are Banding Together to Create High-speed, Affordable Broadband Access.

Date: 1 Aug 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Slate, August 1, 2012 Imagine paying $40 per gallon of gasoline when people in neighboring towns are paying $4. Or paying $8 per kilowatt-hour for electricity when others were paying 8 cents. Unthinkable! But this stark disparity is commonplace when it comes to paying for Internet access in the United States. As the recent report “The … Read More

The Economics Of The Google Gigabit

Date: 1 Aug 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Forbes, August 1, 2012 In the excitement around Google‘s unveiling of the $70 gigabit broadband connection in Kansas City, some may be wondering how it is that Google can offer a gigabit for moderately more than what most of us pay for far slower cable broadband connections. On one side of the equation is the fact … Read More

Big Fat Pipes: Google’s Underappreciated Tech Edge

Date: 1 Aug 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Atlantic, August 1, 2012 It is worth reading this recent posting by Christopher Mitchell, on the Community Broadband Networks site, for an angle of the Google-vs.-all-comers battle not usually featured in the mainstream press. That angle is Google’s significantly cheaper cost structure for data-movement of all kinds, and the commercial and technological possibilities this opens … Read More

ILSR Named to FTTH Top 100

Date: 31 Jul 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Broadband Communities Magazine, July 31, 2012 Broadband Communities Magazine named ILSR’s Telecommunications As Commons Initiative to their top 100 list of organizations that are making a difference to the fiber-to-the-home industry: service providers, suppliers of equipment and software, distributors, engineering and construction firms, consultants and more. The feature includes profiles of the 100 organizations, lists of … Read More

The Most Important Clean-energy Vote This Year is in Michigan

Date: 31 Jul 2012 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Grist, July 31, 2012 Probably the most important energy-related vote this November is happening in the swing state of Michigan, where voters will decide whether to substantially boost the state’s renewable energy standard (RES). It’s a big deal for all sorts of reasons, many of which extend beyond the state itself. So let’s walk through the … Read More

Google Fiber: Why does Kansas City get to go high-speed?

Date: 27 Jul 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2012 Super high-speed Internet comes to Kansas City, courtesy of Google. Business leaders hope lightning fast connections with spur innovation and jobs. Google looks to be expanding further from its original business of Internet searching. … The Kansas City project will likely highlight the fact that average Internet speeds in … Read More

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