Why Minnesota’s Community Solar Program is the Best
Minnesota’s community solar program hit 513 megawatts in February 2019, nearly half as much capacity as a nuclear power plant!… Read More
ILSR Joins 4Competition Coalition to Oppose Sprint and T-Mobile Merger
Losing a mobile Internet access provider as an option is bad, but it isn’t the only consequence that we face if the Sprint and T-Mobile Merger goes through. There will likely be job losses, higher rates, locking out new entrants to the market, broken promises regarding 5G, and harm especially to people in rural areas.… Read More
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum: Event Schedule at a Glance
This 4-day event will feature a training and field day, a tour of NYC community compost sites, and 2 days of community composters sharing their best practices and lessons learned in a peer-to-peer format.… Read More
Community Composter Training & Field Day at Earth Matter NY
This full-day training and field day at Earth Matter NY is offered to community composters in and outside NYC as part of the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum.… Read More
ILSR to Co-Host Screening of Broadband Documentary
On February 20, in Washington DC, ILSR will co-host a screening and discussion of the film Do Not Pass Go. The short documentary investigates how large corporations blocked the ability of Pinetops, North Carolina to obtain high-quality Internet access from a nearby municipal network.… Read More
After Strong Grassroots Effort, Colorado Town Looks Forward to Better Connectivity
Residents of Fort Collins, Colo. fought hard for the right to build their own broadband network, won, and are now looking forward to service starting as early as this summer. … Read More
In Op-Ed, ILSR Researcher Katie Kienbaum Discusses Need for Better Broadband in North Carolina
An op-ed written by Katie Kienbaum, Researcher at ILSR, was published by the Jacksonville Daily News. It discusses the need for better broadband access in North Carolina, as well as “Let’s Connect,” a series of community meetings on the subject organized by ILSR, NCLM, and NC Hearts Gigabit…… Read More
Christopher Mitchell Reviews “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution — And Why America Might Miss It” by Susan Crawford
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 Miss It.” The book revolves around several communities that will be familiar to anyone following community networks, but even people with only a casual interest in how to achieve the best Internet access will recognize some of the community names in Susan’s latest book.… Read More
Pay As You Throw Pays Off for Carroll County, Md.
There is an old saying from California’s early recycling movement in the 1970s: “The hardest thing to do in recycling is to decide to recycle. After that, common sense and entrepreneurialism takes over.”… Read More