News

Axcess Ontario Officially Complete

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Jan 3, 2011

Ontario County was working on a publicly owned solution to Middle Mile long before the broadband stimulus approach made it popular. And now, before most of the stimulus money has been disbursed, they have completed an expanded version of their initial plan.

Broadband Pricing: Les Mis Style

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 31, 2010

We're about to start a new year and thanks to the FCC, we'll see some expanded creativity from the private broadband carriers who want to raise the prices we pay.

State of Telecommunications Policy in the US Today

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 30, 2010

Excellent lecture.

Tim Wu on Network Neutrality

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 27, 2010

The day before the FCC's Chairman decided that AT&T and Comcast should have greater powers as gatekeepers to the Internet, Marketplace Tech Report published an interview with Tim Wu. Tim Wu discusses the history of net neutrality and its importance.

British Telecom Humour

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 24, 2010

Brilliant!

Susan Crawford: Why Comcast/NBCU Matters

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 23, 2010

The Comcast/NBCU merger poses a real threat to the future of innovation, competition, and the open Internet. Put simply: size matters.

The Short Memory of Network Neutrality Sell-Outs

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 21, 2010

Today, the FCC is poised to pass a half-ass attempt to preserve the open Internet against the interests of massive gatekeepers like AT&T and Comcast.

Did BT Subsidize Burlington with Cheap Internet Access?

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 21, 2010

There is so much to say about Burlington Telecom and its struggles that it cannot be covered in a single post. This is one of several posts that will discuss pieces of the situation.

Nulty Discusses EC Fiber and Burlington Telecom

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 20, 2010

While the bad news about Burlington Telecom (BT) has traveled far and wide, it has been marked with errors, misinformation, and inaccurate comparisons to other projects. MuniNetworks.org will weigh in on this issue with a series of posts to explain what happened, what did not happen, and what lessons we can learn from it.

Sean McLaughlin Discusses Community Wireless in Eureka, California

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 20, 2010

On TelecomTV, Sean McLaughlin discusses their local efforts to improve broadband access and the impediments they face from big national carriers.

Op-Ed - Imperative of Community Owned Telecom Infrastructure

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 18, 2010

Fred Pilot, founder of the Camino Fiber Network Cooperative, recently wrote about the importance of community ownership in California's oldest newspaper.

Burlingon Telecom Audit and Nulty Response

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 17, 2010

Vermont's Department of Public Service has released its audit of Burlington Telecom. The audit is highly flawed and a disappointment in terms of actually illuminating what went wrong with Burlington.

Jim Baller Discusses Muni Broadband on TelecomTV

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 17, 2010

Jim Baller offers a good national overview of community broadband networks in a 7 minute interview on TelecomTV.

Broadband Mapping Done Better - North Carolina

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 16, 2010

E-NC has released the map they built with the stimulus mapping grant.

Salisbury Discusses Motivation Behind Fibrant on TelecomTV

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 15, 2010

Michael Crowell, Fibrant's Director of Broadband Services, discusses the motivation behind their community fiber network (Fibrant), as well as some of the technology behind their GPON network. This is one of several similar interviews from TelecomTV.

FCC on Net Neutrality: More Bush than Obama

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 14, 2010

Whenever the discussion of Network Neutrality comes up, we like to remind everyone that when the network is locally owned and accountable to the community, anti-subscriber discrimination is not a problem. That said, we are strong supporters of proper safeguards to ensure massive companies like AT&T cannot abuse their market power and discourage innovation.

Interview With Jay Ovittore of Communities United for Broadband

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 13, 2010

In another TelecomTV segment, Jay Ovittore speaks with Guy Daniels discussing Communities United for Broadband. This video is no longer available. <

Sarasota, Florida, Recognizes Need for Better Broadband

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 11, 2010

Another community in Florida is considering a community broadband network as a solution to its need for faster, more reliable broadband than incumbents offer.

Another Telecom Exec Calls for Less Competition

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 10, 2010

As part of our continuing effort to shed light on the tendency of privately owned telcos and cablecos to consolidate rather than compete, we would like to note comments from Qwest's Chief Financial Officer.

Interview with Wilson's Greenlight Community Fiber Network

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Dec 9, 2010

This is a good 5 minute interview discussing what Wilson has done to build the first citywide FTTH network in North Carolina.