In light of the recent FCC decision to restore some local telecommunications authority in Tennessee and North Carolina, it is time to examine the details....
In light of the recent FCC decision to restore some local telecommunications authority in Tennessee and North Carolina, it is time to examine the details....
The Center for Public Integrity has followed the local choice debate closely. Their team has travelled to Tennessee and North Carolina to talk to lawmakers,...
This article is so good, it was hard not to quote the whole thing. Do yourself a favor and check out the article for yourself–...
Chicago is moving in the direction of using municipal fiber to improve connectivity for residents and businesses. According to the Chicago Sun Times, three Aldermen and...
When Westminster, a community of 18,000 in rural Maryland, found itself with poor Internet access that incumbents refused to improve, it decided to join the...
Q. The Supreme Court has allowed the words “under God” to continue to be included in the Pledge of Allegiance. Could you give me some...
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for the episode 153 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast about a movement for municipal networks in...
This week’s big news came out of Washington, specifically Seattle. The city just published a report examining the feasibility of a Chattanooga-type citywide municipal fiber...
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for the episode 131 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Chris, Lisa, and Rebecca discuss the highlights...
In the center of Tennessee sits Murfeesboro, the fastest growing city in the state with 108,000 people and one of the fastest growing cities in...
While we think they buried the lede (talking about cord-cutting and entertainment options when what we really need in this country is a locally accountable...
How can a state modernize its electric system when it’s in the hands of vertically integrated monopolies? We offer some thoughts via its comments on...
Exempt from state regulation in 33 states because they purportedly offer democratic and local control, new data on the nation’s rural electric cooperatives suggests that...
Disappointing news from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today as the Court chooses to reverse the FCC’s February 2015 preemption order that peeled...