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Broadband Action episodes
- What’s Wrong With BEADThis week, join us as Curtis Dean and Christopher Mitchell with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance get together and discuss the problems with the Broadband Equity, Access, and Development Program.33 min
- How to Attract a Fiber Broadband Provider to Your CommunityIn this episode of Broadband Action, co-founder and Vice President Curtis Dean sits down and talks about the steps communities who aren’t satisfied with their Internet options can take to attract a brand new fiber optic provider.27 min
- Community Spotlight: Fort Morgan, CO
CBAN's Curtis Dean chats with Brent Nation with the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado. Through a partnership with Allo Communications, Fort Morgan now has fiber-to-the-home available to every premise in the City. Brent talks about how the City was able to leverage a public-private partnership to bring great fiber broadband services to their northeastern Colorado community of 11,000.
16 min - How to Build Your Knowledge Base
CBAN discusses the ways that communities can build a knowledge base about broadband through networking, online resources, organization membership, and attending conferences and workshops.
11 min - Community Spotlight: Cedar Falls, IA
CBAN member Cedar Falls Utilities in Iowa has a great story to tell. They've long been a leader among municipal broadband providers in Iowa and the nation. We'll talk about how CFU is expanding outside of its city limits to bring better broadband to rural residents, leveraging the Iowa Broadband Grant program and design choices that reduce overall cost.
31 min - What's Going On with the BEAD Program?
CBAN's Curtis Dean and Todd Kielkopf sit down and discuss that latest and greatest from NTIA as they take next steps towards administrating the BEAD program? What is it? What is going on?
10 min - Community Spotlight: Shrewsbury, MA
For this week, co-host Curtis Dean sits down with SELCO in Shrewsbury, MA to discuss their amazing program. Located in central Massachusetts with 38,000 residents, they have one of the first municipal communication utilities in the Northeastern United States.
20 min - Community Spotlight: Indianola, IA
CBAN's Curtis Dean visits Indianola Municipal Utilities and discusses the progress of the municipal fiber utility with Telecommunications Superintendent Kurt Ripperger.
16 min - Faster Isn't Always Better
This week we week we welcome back Christopher Ali and his book "Farm Fresh Broadband” as we continue to discuss national broadband policy and it’s impact on rural America. Ali's book features an analysis of the failure of U.S. broadband policy to solve the rural-urban digital divide and offers proposals for a new national rural broadband plan. We look forward to visiting with Christopher and sharing his perspectives of how to bring better broadband to more Americans!
Christopher Ali can be found @Ali_Christopher on Twitter.
24 min - Mountain Connect
This week we are joined by with Jeff Gavilinksi with Mountain Connect, a regional broadband conference coming up on May 22, 2022. Join us as we talk about what to expect with this conference!
29 min
About Broadband Action
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How is it that the U.S. still faces challenges around the adoption and accessibility of fast, reliable, affordable, and universally available broadband? How does broadband access - or the lack of it - impact the lives of those who live in underserved or untapped communities?
The CBAN team takes on the issues faced by communities, local broadband providers, and advocates. With special guests from across the spectrum of broadband (no pun intended!), expect a lively, roundtable-style conversation in every episode.