municipal broadband
muninets
18 More Colorado Local Governments Voted For City-Run Internet
The Comcast-backed law was enacted in 2005, but allows for towns and counties to exempt their district through a local vote.
Kaleigh Rogers
11.5.18
Broadband access
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.
Kaleigh Rogers
12.20.17
net neutrality
A Hawaiian Politician Is Introducing a Bill That Would Encourage Creation of Locally Owned Broadband Networks
"One option is to reject corporate internet service providers altogether, and control the internet ourselves."
Jason Koebler
12.18.17
Broadband Land
Big Telecom Spent $200,000 to Try to Prevent a Colorado Town From Even Talking About a City-Run Internet
Fort Collins, Colorado is set to vote on a ballot measure that would open the door for municipal broadband, and Big Telecom is fighting mad.
Kaleigh Rogers
10.25.17
Broadband Land
Comcast and CenturyLink Spent $50K in Seattle to Support a Mayoral Candidate Who Opposes Community-Owned Internet
One candidate is big on municipal broadband, the other thinks it’s not feasible due to the cost. Guess which one Big Telecom supports?
Kaleigh Rogers
10.19.17
Broadband Land
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.
Kaleigh Rogers
7.26.17
Donald Trump
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.
Jason Koebler
3.28.17
Chattanooga
FCC Won’t Appeal Municipal Broadband Defeat to Supreme Court
After court defeat, municipal broadband fight shifts to Congress and the states.
Sam Gustin
8.29.16
congress
Congress Should Support Community Broadband Networks, Advocates Say
A partisan battle is brewing over publicly-owned broadband networks.
Sam Gustin
8.11.16
Chattanooga
US Appeals Court Protects State Broadband Laws Literally Written By Big Telecom
A court has killed an FCC challenge to anticompetitive telecom laws all over the country.
Jason Koebler
8.10.16
Donald Trump
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.
Meghan Neal
4.7.16
politics
How Big Telecom Gets Away With Rewriting America's Laws
The fact that lawmakers will take this telecom-backed paper masquerading as “economic analysis” seriously is demoralizing.
Jason Koebler
4.6.16
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