Loveland’s Pulse Fiber network just launched 20-gig service! Chris and Brieana Reed-Harmel discuss the upgrade, competition, public safety, and what community-owned fiber makes possible.
Chris, Sean Gonsalves, and Sascha Meinrath dig into Vermont’s speed testing, open broadband data, Starlink’s Ukraine shutoff, and the cute mascots masking AI data grabs.
How can digital equity programs escape the boom-and-bust funding cycle? Chris and Samantha Schartman of Connect Humanity explore co-investment through the Alt Funding Field Guide.
Should California give up its Internet protections for federal broadband money? Chris and EFF’s Chao Jun Liu unpack Condition 50 and what’s at stake.
What causes new Internet service providers to stumble right out of the gate, and what is really going on behind the scenes at state broadband...
As ownership caps fall and mega-mergers unite giant media studios, what happens to the future of real journalism?
Are broadcast license threats being weaponized to silence free speech? Chris, Gigi Sohn, and Berin Szóka unpack Disney’s landmark lawsuit against the FCC.
In this episode of Unbuffered, Chris and Sean break down the flawed realities behind national broadband data and policy.
Chris and Doug Dawson break down new Ookla FWA data, critique the FCC’s flawed mapping challenges, examine the final BEAD funding numbers, and tackle the...
Can local governments build modern public safety infrastructure without sacrificing citizen privacy or handing millions to private cloud vendors?
Are Flock safety cameras keeping communities safe, or just building a private dragnet for mass surveillance? Chris sits down with independent reporter Daniel Boguslaw to...
Chris and Doug Dawson discuss a major court ruling that could make Fiber deployment across railroad rights-of-way easier, Starlink’s ambitions to become a mobile network...
Lee Brown and John Fredericks join Chris to discuss how Erwin Fiber weathered Hurricane Helene and what the community is building back stronger.
From Massachusetts' affordable housing retrofit program to a giant mirror in space, Chris and Sean unpack the latest stories shaping broadband.
What do surveillance, A.I., and broadband policy have in common? Chris and Sascha connect the dots.