Connecticut Power Outage Shows Superiority of Community Ownership
Rob Cox, a writer for Reuters, has delved into the disappointing response of some investor-owned utilities in Connecticut following the recent blizzard, noting the better performance of muni power...
View ArticleAT&T and ALEC Take Aim at Connecticut for Third Year in a Row
StopTheCap! reports there are three bills in the Connecticut General Assembly that, if passed, will leave little or no protections for customers of plain old telephone service who encounter...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - September 19, 2014
The media is picking up on Chairman Wheeler’s notice to big telecom: 4Mbps is not going to cut it anymore. Wheeler said speeds closer to 10Mbps should be classified as high speed. A good step, but by...
View ArticleConnecticut Communities Want Better Internet Access - Community Broadband...
While in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Broadband Communities Municipal Broadband and Economic Development event, I met several of the people that have been working on an initiative that aims to...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - December 5, 2014
After successfully fighting a Kansas state law proposed in February that would have outlawed community networks entirely, the city of Chanute is being required to follow an outdated 1940s law that...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - December 19
This was a big year for local governments and many year-end discussions have noted the role of cities in expanding high quality Internet access. Among them, The Free Press' Timothy Karr:The rise of...
View ArticleCTgig Effort in Connecticut Now Backed By 46 Communities
Last fall, three Connecticut communities banded together to form what has now become a statewide effort to improve connectivity across the state. The CTgig Project has since blossomed to include 46...
View ArticleLocal Voices Show Support for Local Connectivity Options
Our readers have heard the media murmur around municipal networks steadily grow to a loud hum during the past year. An increasing number of local press outlets have taken the opportunity to express...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - January 9
Susan Crawford’s latest piece on municipal broadband discussed a real problem that mayors of communities can have a definite impact in helping resolve: the digital divide.Think of that divide, now...
View ArticleCommunity Broadband Media Roundup - April 12
Community Broadband News Around the Nation:ColoradoCommunity and candidates react to Grand Junction election results by Lindsey Pallares, KJCT-TV“It’s an indication that people really want to see us...
View ArticleVideo Available: Connecticut Gigabit State Event
On May 5th, Christopher participated in a panel conversation presented by the City of New Haven and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel. Video of the event, Moving Towards A Gigabit State:...
View ArticleConnecticut Power Outage Shows Superiority of Community Ownership
Rob Cox, a writer for Reuters, has delved into the disappointing response of some investor-owned utilities in Connecticut following the recent blizzard, noting the better performance of muni power...
View ArticleAT&T and ALEC Take Aim at Connecticut for Third Year in a Row
StopTheCap! reports there are three bills in the Connecticut General Assembly that, if passed, will leave little or no protections for customers of plain old telephone service who encounter...
View ArticleConnecticut Communities Want Better Internet Access - Community Broadband...
While in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Broadband Communities Municipal Broadband and Economic Development event, I met several of the people that have been working on an initiative that aims to...
View ArticleCTgig Effort in Connecticut Now Backed By 46 Communities
Last fall, three Connecticut communities banded together to form what has now become a statewide effort to improve connectivity across the state. The CTgig Project has since blossomed to include 46...
View ArticleLocal Voices Show Support for Local Connectivity Options
Our readers have heard the media murmur around municipal networks steadily grow to a loud hum during the past year. An increasing number of local press outlets have taken the opportunity to express...
View ArticleVideo Available: Connecticut Gigabit State Event
On May 5th, Christopher participated in a panel conversation presented by the City of New Haven and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel. Video of the event, Moving Towards A Gigabit State:...
View ArticleConnecticut Power Outage Shows Superiority of Community Ownership
Rob Cox, a writer for Reuters, has delved into the disappointing response of some investor-owned utilities in Connecticut following the recent blizzard, noting the better performance of muni power...
View ArticleAT&T and ALEC Take Aim at Connecticut for Third Year in a Row
StopTheCap! reports there are three bills in the Connecticut General Assembly that, if passed, will leave little or no protections for customers of plain old telephone service who encounter...
View ArticleConnecticut Communities Want Better Internet Access - Community Broadband...
While in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Broadband Communities Municipal Broadband and Economic Development event, I met several of the people that have been working on an initiative that aims to...
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