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So there's a lot of talk about how, for good or bad, public broadband competes with private networks. Supporters of public broadband say that the impetus for these projects is a need for greater competition. Critics of public broadband paint...
Too often in broadband policy circles we allow personal biases to cloud our thinking. We let preconceived assumptions get in the way of the truth of what really matters. One area where this habit is especially egregious is in our...
The FCC's workshop on broadband deployment featured speakers from across the spectrum of broadband providers, except for one notable omission: they didn't have a single representative from a municipal broadband deployer. To give them some credit they did include a...
Recently, Christopher Mitchell and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance launched a new website: MuniNetworks.org. This site aims to serve as a repository of information about municipal broadband with two primary purposes: 1. To speak out forcefully against misconceptions about municipal...
While I tend to be someone who's cautious in praising municipal broadband as the ultimate answer I can't allow misinformation about it go by without reacting to make sure the truth gets out, especially when it's as fundamentally wrong as...
While not a new trend, recently there's been a relative explosion in efforts at state legislatures across the country to introduce legislation that will impede or outlaw municipal broadband projects. I'm here to say outright that no state can afford...
Everyone's favorite advocate for municipal fiber is back, I sat down for a rousing discussion of the broadband stimulus, how it relates to municipal networks, and what technologies should be subsidized. Enjoy! As always, Chris makes a lot of good...
Something interesting happened this week: Cox Communications launched its first DOCSIS 3.0 service tier, offering speeds up to 50Mbps down and 5Mbps up. But what's interesting isn't that Cox did this, it's where they did it: Lafayette, LA. The same...
This morning I got a note from Craig Settles about legislation that was just introduced in Pennsylvania to outlaw basically all forms of municipal networks that compete with private providers. You can find the full text of the bill here....
I could not be prouder to announce that App-Rising.com has its newest sponsor: Lafayette Utility Systems (or LUS). LUS is deploying a full fiber municipal network in Lafayette, LA, where readers of App-Rising.com know I've been spending a fair amount...
A constant thorn in the side of progress towards a full fiber nation is the tendency of incumbents to react to municipal projects litigiously. Most recently I read this great article about what's happening in Monticello, MN, where an effort...
I'm proud to introduce App-Rising.com's latest VidChat. This time I sat down with Christopher Mitchell, director of the Telecommunications as Commons project for the Institute for Local Self Reliance. In this episode we dive into some of the challenges, misconceptions,...
Big news in the world of fiber and municipal broadband. The biggest public fiber-to-the-home project in the country was just sold to a private company. The name of the network is iProvo, located in Provo, Utah, a city of 100,000....
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