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With a population of over 9,000 just across Puget Sound from Seattle, Poulsbo is a town with a lot of commuters and a vision for improved access to the Internet to allow more to reduce the physical need to travel. City Councilmember Ed Stern joins us for the 66th episode of Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] to … Continue reading "Poulsbo Wireless Mesh Pilot Extends Internet in Washington – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #66"

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Holyoke Gas & Electric has been connecting community anchor institutions and local businesses in Western Massachusetts with fiber networks for years. Rather than using exception access to the Internet as a competitive advantage over more poorly connected neighbors, the Municipal Light Plant (in the parlance of Massachusetts law) is helping nearby towns to establish their … Continue reading "In Western Mass, Holyoke Gas and Electric Brings Broadband – Community Broadband Bits Episode #65"

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The small town of Windom in southwest Minnesota has long been one of the smallest FTTH networks in the nation. I have long wanted to bring WindomNet General Manager Dan Olsen on our show because it has some of the best anecdotes in the world of community owned networks. We finally got him! To understand … Continue reading "WindomNet Creates Jobs, Benefits for SW Minnesota – Community Broadband Bits Episode #64"

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Jim Baller is back again for the second show in our series on the history of municipal broadband networks. He is the President of the Baller Herbst Law Group in Washington, DC, and a long time advocate for both community owned networks specifically and better access to the Internet for all more generally. We kicked … Continue reading "Jim Baller on the History of Municipal Networks, Part II on Community Broadband Bits Podcast"

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Lisa Gonzalez and I are back with another back and forth reaction to some of the crazy claims made by opponents of community owned Internet networks. This is something we started with Episode 50 and continued in Episode 55. For volume 3 of our Crazy Talk series, we address some recent claims made in opinion … Continue reading "Countering Crazy Talk, Volume 3, for Episode #62 of Community Broadband Bits Podcast"

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The Prometheus Radio Project is an impressive grassroots organization that has successfully opened the radio airwaves to communities after big corporations had effectively locked up unused radio channel for years. Prometheus Policy Director Sanjay Jolly joins us for Episode #61 of our Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast. Our conversation ranges from the recent history of pirate … Continue reading "Prometheus Joins Us to Discuss Community Radio and Internet – Community Broadband Bits Episode 61"

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The Spanish Fork Community Fiber Network (SFCN) is an incredibly successful HFC cable network in Utah. It delivers television, telephone, and Internet access at incredibly low rates to most of the community despite competition from Comcast. Located south of Provo, Spanish Fork has a population of 35,000. Director of Information Systems and SFCN Director John … Continue reading "Spanish Fork Discusses Stunning Success – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #60"

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Chattanooga's EPB Fiber is the highest profile community network in the U.S. It was the first network in the nation to offer a symmetrical gigabit tier to every last address in the community. On today's Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast, Danna Bailey joins us to discuss the network. Danna Bailey is EPB's Vice President of Corporate … Continue reading "Chattanooga's EPB Fiber on Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode #59"

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In Florida, Lakeland is one of several communities that has built a dark fiber network in a low-risk bid to expand connectivity for anchor institutions and to spur economic development. City of Lakeland Fiber Optics Supervisor Paul Meyer joins us for episode #58 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast. Meyer explains why Lakeland began offering … Continue reading "Lakeland Dark Fiber In Depth – Community Broadband Bits Podcast #58"

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Jim Baller has been helping local governments to build community owned networks for as long as they have been building them. He is the President of and Senior Principal of the Baller Herbst Law Group in Washington, DC. Jim joins us for Episode #57 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast to discuss some of the … Continue reading "Jim Baller Discusses Municipal Broadband History – Community Broadband Bits Episode #57"

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