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FCC Needs Your Comments on Local Government and Broadband
Missouri's Consultant, Competition Spurs Investment, and Maine's Middle Mile
A columnist explains why Missouri hired broadband network consultant Jim Baller to aid in expanding broadband across the state.
Tacoma Raises Prices for Cable Subscribers
Community Fiber Networks, Symmetry, and the Flu
Longmont, Colorado, Considers Broadband Options
Maine Needs Publicly Owned Broadband
Video on Australia's Proposed National Broadband Network
Alcatel-Lucent has created a terrific video (I saw it at Fiberevolution.com) for Australia regarding their proposed National Broadband Network. Australia is the latest of many countries poised to surpass the U.S.
CNET's Real Deal Video - On Broadband Networks
Lafayette and Incumbent Responses to New Networks
“Cox froze the cable rates in Lafayette, and they didn’
The Real Deal on CNET
On Thursday, Oct 22, at 1:00 PM PDT (which is 4:00 PM EDT and, most importantly, 3:00 CDT), I will be a guest on CNET's The Real Deal - a live show that takes questions from listeners and viewers.
Network Neutrality and Public Goods
Following up on my recent piece about Comcast and the public interest, I wanted to note some good arguments for network neutrality.
Publicly owned Wi-Fi in Oklahoma City Saves Millions
Charter to Cleveland, TN: You Are Not Sufficiently Profitable
Not too far away from Chattanooga, Tennessee, (home to the largest muni fiber network in the U.S.) lies Cleveland (Tennessee).
100 Mbps to everyone for $350 billion
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Residents Oppose Closing of St. Cloud's CyberSpot Wi-Fi Network
Many have held up the CyberSpot Wi-Fi network in Florida's Saint Cloud as a successful example of public provisioning of wireless. From my perspective, the network was always interesting in that it did not attempt to pay for itself out of network revenues. The city built the network and provided services over the 15 square miles for free - they viewed it as a public service.