Broadband access
Montana Says It Won’t Do Business With ISPs That Violate Net Neutrality
"This is a simple step states can take to preserve and protect net neutrality."
If You Care About Net Neutrality, Run For Office
An influx of pro-internet politicians in city council seats, mayorships, and statehouse seats in the 2018 elections would help preserve the open internet.
There's No Evidence Comcast's New 'Network Investment' Is Because of Net Neutrality Repeal or Tax Cuts
Comcast announced it's spending $10 billion annually on infrastructure upgrades, which is the same amount it spent before net neutrality repeal.
The FCC's Next Stunt: Reclassifying Cell Phone Data Service as 'Broadband Internet'
The agency is expected to make this change in February, which will make America's broadband situation look better than it actually is.
Yes, Net Neutrality Is Being Stolen From Us in a Fucked Up, Undemocratic Heist
This is a looting by telecom monopolists and an FCC commissioner who has shown no interest in engaging with the American people.
The Town That Had Free Gigabit Internet
Pinetops, North Carolina’s fight to get municipal broadband demonstrates how far Big Telecom will go to keep its monopoly.
How to Protect the Internet
What normal people can do to stop the concerted effort by Republicans and big telecom to destroy the open internet.
Communities Are Finally Taking Back Their Broadband Destiny from Big Telecom
"For a few years, we basically tracked every single city that was considering building its own network. Now, we’re struggling to keep up."
26 Colorado Communities Will Vote on Building Their Own Internet Networks
The ballot measures will circumvent a state law banning cities from competing with Comcast and other big telecom companies.
The City That Was Saved by the Internet
Job opportunities are drying up in towns without broadband. Chattanooga, Tennessee turned around its fortunes by building the fastest internet in the United States.
This Guy Has the Fastest Home Internet in the United States
Five ISPs offer 10 gigabit per second internet connections. So far, it looks like only one person in the US has bought one.
How the 2016 Presidential Candidates Plan to Bridge the Digital Divide
Broadband access has hardly been discussed during the presidential race, on either side of the aisle.