The city of Alexandria, Virginia, is moving to bring residents fast, reliable Internet access by building out an institutional network (I-Net) in the state’s seventh...
A community advocacy organization fought to transfer power from a fossil fuel-backed investment firm to community-driven clean energy.
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves discusses the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act and its consequences for communities and Internet users.
One year after FCC Chair William Kennard introduced a tentative plan to legalize low power FM stations, the FCC finally enacted rules for microradio on...
Microradio supporters who cheered the FCC’s January decision to license up to 1,000 low-watt stations watched in disbelief as the House caved to pressure from...
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...
North Carolina aims to be a hotbed for innovation and technology, but the General Assembly has recently considered bills that would preempt local authority...
North Carolina consumers and businesses would pay more for slower internet access when communities are preempted from building broadband infrastructure according to a new analysis released...
A new 25 megawatt wind project in southwestern Minnesota will feature greater local ownership than most, using a model that Project Resources Corporation calls “Minnesota...
MPR News recently ran two stories on the trials and tribulations of new and prospective broadband networks. Conrad Wilson’s story about the continuing Monticello drama...
Brendan Fischer of the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch examines the ties between HB 282, the people behind it, and how it evolved into...
The town of Erie, Colorado, is conducting a residential survey as it considers a community owned network. Erie has about 18,000 residents and straddles Boulder...
In a recent New York Times article, reporter Kate Murphy shined a light on fiber’s increasing role in economic development. Murphy discussed several of the...
With the announcement by the FCC that cable and telephone companies will be allowed to prioritize access to their customers only one option remains that...
It has been a busy few weeks for those of focused on restoring local authority to communities over the matter of building Internet networks. But...