The Biden Administration signed the American Rescue Plan Act, which included, among many other things, multiple sources of funds for broadband infrastructure. The U.S. Department of...
The disaster in Texas resulting from an electric grid that was deliberately left exposed and likely to fail in rare cold weather events has received a...
This case study explores the wide-ranging community benefits of Greenlight, the city-owned broadband network in Wilson, North Carolina.
This report investigates broadband competition in communities across the country.… Read More
Iowa is home to many community networks, from co-ops to muni cable, fiber, and other technologies. Three communities in the state have just recently made...
After many years working to promote community networks, we here at Community Broadband Networks want to lay out our broader vision of a better connected...
As states are considering whether and how to use federal CARES Act funding to improve Internet access, Idaho is poised to enact counter-productive limits on...
Last week, Frontier Communications told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that there are 17,000 census blocks in which it is now offering 25 Megabits per...
As schools and businesses ask people to stay home to reduce the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, how will broadband networks handle increased demand of Internet...
Decades after bringing electricity and telephone services to America’s rural households, cooperatives are tackling a new challenge: the rural digital divide. … Read More
Our report details a model developed by the city of San Francisco and a local Internet service provider that successfully bridges the digital divide for...
Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband initiative at ILSR, reviews Susan Crawford’s new book “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution — And Why America Might...
This report from the Community Broadband Networks team explores broadband coverage and competition in Rochester, Minn. … Read More
In this policy brief from our Community Broadband Networks team, we crunched the numbers to determine the extent to which the largest cable and telecom...
Doug Dawson and his firm, CCG Consulting, recently marked their 20th year working in the telecommunications industry. Prior to establishing the firm, Doug already had significant...