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Municipal broadband continues to cook
Fort Collins, Colorado’s popular Connexion municipal broadband network has unveiled SmartHome, a new network management app that helps subscribers better manage the security & bandwidth-consumption of their home networks
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Fort Collins, Colorado’s popular Connexion municipal broadband network has unveiled SmartHome, a new network management app that helps subscribers better manage the security & bandwidth-consumption of their home networks
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November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Municipal broadband continues to cook
Fort Collins, Colorado’s popular Connexion municipal broadband network has unveiled SmartHome, a new network management app that helps subscribers better manage the security & bandwidth-consumption of their home networks
communitynetworks.org/content/fort...
Fort Collins, Colorado’s popular Connexion municipal broadband network has unveiled SmartHome, a new network management app that helps subscribers better manage the security & bandwidth-consumption of their home networks
communitynetworks.org/content/fort...
🚨 Webinar alert! 🚨
Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still
Story w/registration link here ⬇️
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Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still
Story w/registration link here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/webi...
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨 Webinar alert! 🚨
Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still
Story w/registration link here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/webi...
Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still
Story w/registration link here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/webi...
Here is our first installment of an ongoing series we are calling Connected Complex
It looks at how states, local communities, and ISPs are working to address the complex challenges involved in bringing high-speed Internet access to multi-dwelling units
communitynetworks.org/content/mass...
It looks at how states, local communities, and ISPs are working to address the complex challenges involved in bringing high-speed Internet access to multi-dwelling units
communitynetworks.org/content/mass...
August 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here is our first installment of an ongoing series we are calling Connected Complex
It looks at how states, local communities, and ISPs are working to address the complex challenges involved in bringing high-speed Internet access to multi-dwelling units
communitynetworks.org/content/mass...
It looks at how states, local communities, and ISPs are working to address the complex challenges involved in bringing high-speed Internet access to multi-dwelling units
communitynetworks.org/content/mass...
How come most of us don't have a choice in choosing Internet service providers?
Why is there is there so very little competition?
The CBN team cuts right to quick in discussing it with @karlbode.com @sportshotchris.bsky.social @seangon.bsky.social and @jpittman.bsky.social 🌐📶💻
#LostPackets
Why is there is there so very little competition?
The CBN team cuts right to quick in discussing it with @karlbode.com @sportshotchris.bsky.social @seangon.bsky.social and @jpittman.bsky.social 🌐📶💻
#LostPackets
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
How come most of us don't have a choice in choosing Internet service providers?
Why is there is there so very little competition?
The CBN team cuts right to quick in discussing it with @karlbode.com @sportshotchris.bsky.social @seangon.bsky.social and @jpittman.bsky.social 🌐📶💻
#LostPackets
Why is there is there so very little competition?
The CBN team cuts right to quick in discussing it with @karlbode.com @sportshotchris.bsky.social @seangon.bsky.social and @jpittman.bsky.social 🌐📶💻
#LostPackets
If Internet access technologies were food and you were really hungry, what type of connectivity serves up the best meal?
@sportshotchris.bsky.social and @seangon.bsky.social discuss (Apologies in advance to vegetarians😬)
#LostPackets 🌐💻📶
@sportshotchris.bsky.social and @seangon.bsky.social discuss (Apologies in advance to vegetarians😬)
#LostPackets 🌐💻📶
August 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If Internet access technologies were food and you were really hungry, what type of connectivity serves up the best meal?
@sportshotchris.bsky.social and @seangon.bsky.social discuss (Apologies in advance to vegetarians😬)
#LostPackets 🌐💻📶
@sportshotchris.bsky.social and @seangon.bsky.social discuss (Apologies in advance to vegetarians😬)
#LostPackets 🌐💻📶
Community broadband continues to make strides!
Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏
🌐💻⬇️
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Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏
🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/syra...
August 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Community broadband continues to make strides!
Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏
🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/syra...
Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏
🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/syra...
While politics and uncertainty roil the national effort to expand broadband access, municipal broadband continues to wrack up wins
Congrats to Dryden Fiber in Dryden NY who just signed their 400th subscriber
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/ny-s...
Congrats to Dryden Fiber in Dryden NY who just signed their 400th subscriber
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/ny-s...
July 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
While politics and uncertainty roil the national effort to expand broadband access, municipal broadband continues to wrack up wins
Congrats to Dryden Fiber in Dryden NY who just signed their 400th subscriber
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/ny-s...
Congrats to Dryden Fiber in Dryden NY who just signed their 400th subscriber
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/ny-s...
It was part of a discussion initiated by a previous one when CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social and CBN's Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social talked about a common misperception with Internet access ....
And McDonald's
#LostPackets
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And McDonald's
#LostPackets
🌐💻
July 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It was part of a discussion initiated by a previous one when CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social and CBN's Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social talked about a common misperception with Internet access ....
And McDonald's
#LostPackets
🌐💻
And McDonald's
#LostPackets
🌐💻
Most agree that Internet access is essential
But is it a "right?"
ILSR's Community Broadband Network team director @sportshotchris.bsky.social Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social and Comms Director/Senior Writer @seangon.bsky.social discuss
#LostPackets
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But is it a "right?"
ILSR's Community Broadband Network team director @sportshotchris.bsky.social Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social and Comms Director/Senior Writer @seangon.bsky.social discuss
#LostPackets
🌐💻
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Most agree that Internet access is essential
But is it a "right?"
ILSR's Community Broadband Network team director @sportshotchris.bsky.social Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social and Comms Director/Senior Writer @seangon.bsky.social discuss
#LostPackets
🌐💻
But is it a "right?"
ILSR's Community Broadband Network team director @sportshotchris.bsky.social Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social and Comms Director/Senior Writer @seangon.bsky.social discuss
#LostPackets
🌐💻
Last week CA Assemblymember Tasha Boerner abruptly withdrew broadband affordability legislation she had sponsored. But what really killed the broadband affordability bill in California?
We dive into the mystery and hope Boerner is wrong about the culprit 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
We dive into the mystery and hope Boerner is wrong about the culprit 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
July 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Last week CA Assemblymember Tasha Boerner abruptly withdrew broadband affordability legislation she had sponsored. But what really killed the broadband affordability bill in California?
We dive into the mystery and hope Boerner is wrong about the culprit 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
We dive into the mystery and hope Boerner is wrong about the culprit 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
We don't know who needs to hear this but...
It wasn't "charity" to bring electricity to every household in America
It was about economic growth
The same could be said for high speed Internet access, as CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social notes
🌐💻
#LostPackets #PluggedIn #BandwidthBuzz
It wasn't "charity" to bring electricity to every household in America
It was about economic growth
The same could be said for high speed Internet access, as CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social notes
🌐💻
#LostPackets #PluggedIn #BandwidthBuzz
July 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We don't know who needs to hear this but...
It wasn't "charity" to bring electricity to every household in America
It was about economic growth
The same could be said for high speed Internet access, as CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social notes
🌐💻
#LostPackets #PluggedIn #BandwidthBuzz
It wasn't "charity" to bring electricity to every household in America
It was about economic growth
The same could be said for high speed Internet access, as CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social notes
🌐💻
#LostPackets #PluggedIn #BandwidthBuzz
The CBN team (almost unanimously) believes the word "Internet" should ALWAYS be capitalized
Here CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social makes the case for why
What say you?
#LostPackets #PluggedIn 🌐💻
Here CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social makes the case for why
What say you?
#LostPackets #PluggedIn 🌐💻
July 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The CBN team (almost unanimously) believes the word "Internet" should ALWAYS be capitalized
Here CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social makes the case for why
What say you?
#LostPackets #PluggedIn 🌐💻
Here CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social makes the case for why
What say you?
#LostPackets #PluggedIn 🌐💻
The Ugly Choice in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - Internet or Food for SNAP recipients?
July 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Ugly Choice in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - Internet or Food for SNAP recipients?
From inaccurate broadband mapping and over-reliability on industry-provided coverage claims to inconsistent broadband definitions and patchwork federal oversight, a new Pew study examines decades of U.S. broadband policy and found plenty of room for improvement
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communitynetworks.org/content/pew-...
July 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
From inaccurate broadband mapping and over-reliability on industry-provided coverage claims to inconsistent broadband definitions and patchwork federal oversight, a new Pew study examines decades of U.S. broadband policy and found plenty of room for improvement
communitynetworks.org/content/pew-...
communitynetworks.org/content/pew-...
On our latest podcast, Sascha Meinrath returns for a wide-ranging conversation on Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book "Abundance"
Host @sportshotchris.bsky.social and Sascha discuss what the popular books gets right and wrong about broadband and public policy ⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/c2663bd7
Host @sportshotchris.bsky.social and Sascha discuss what the popular books gets right and wrong about broadband and public policy ⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/c2663bd7
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On our latest podcast, Sascha Meinrath returns for a wide-ranging conversation on Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book "Abundance"
Host @sportshotchris.bsky.social and Sascha discuss what the popular books gets right and wrong about broadband and public policy ⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/c2663bd7
Host @sportshotchris.bsky.social and Sascha discuss what the popular books gets right and wrong about broadband and public policy ⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/c2663bd7
The next Tribal Broadband Bootcamp @tribal-bb-bootcamp.bsky.social is locked and loaded 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/broa...
communitynetworks.org/content/broa...
July 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The next Tribal Broadband Bootcamp @tribal-bb-bootcamp.bsky.social is locked and loaded 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/broa...
communitynetworks.org/content/broa...
Wi-Fi as we know it is under threat
On our latest podcast @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by @haroldfeld.bsky.social and Michael Calabrese to explain how a Senate proposal could auction off critical spectrum, undermining innovation and everyday connectivity
share.transistor.fm/s/eeed75b6
On our latest podcast @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by @haroldfeld.bsky.social and Michael Calabrese to explain how a Senate proposal could auction off critical spectrum, undermining innovation and everyday connectivity
share.transistor.fm/s/eeed75b6
June 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wi-Fi as we know it is under threat
On our latest podcast @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by @haroldfeld.bsky.social and Michael Calabrese to explain how a Senate proposal could auction off critical spectrum, undermining innovation and everyday connectivity
share.transistor.fm/s/eeed75b6
On our latest podcast @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by @haroldfeld.bsky.social and Michael Calabrese to explain how a Senate proposal could auction off critical spectrum, undermining innovation and everyday connectivity
share.transistor.fm/s/eeed75b6
With the Trump admin termination of the Digital Equity Act & major BEAD alterations, Maine's broadband office is hitting the road on a "Driving Connections" tour to tout work already done & to rally state & local leaders around what's next
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/driv...
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/driv...
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
With the Trump admin termination of the Digital Equity Act & major BEAD alterations, Maine's broadband office is hitting the road on a "Driving Connections" tour to tout work already done & to rally state & local leaders around what's next
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/driv...
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/driv...
On our latest podcast, @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by David Zumwalt, President and CEO of WISPA, to sound the alarm on threats to shared spectrum, specifically CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service)
You can find that episode here 🌐💻⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a981e
You can find that episode here 🌐💻⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a981e
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On our latest podcast, @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by David Zumwalt, President and CEO of WISPA, to sound the alarm on threats to shared spectrum, specifically CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service)
You can find that episode here 🌐💻⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a981e
You can find that episode here 🌐💻⬇️
share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a981e
Trump administration changes to the $42.5 BEAD program are poised to introduce years of potential new delays to the already slow-moving program.
It also happens to set up Musk's Starlink to potentially hoover up billions in subsidies
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/trum...
It also happens to set up Musk's Starlink to potentially hoover up billions in subsidies
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/trum...
June 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trump administration changes to the $42.5 BEAD program are poised to introduce years of potential new delays to the already slow-moving program.
It also happens to set up Musk's Starlink to potentially hoover up billions in subsidies
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/trum...
It also happens to set up Musk's Starlink to potentially hoover up billions in subsidies
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/trum...
Oakland, CA unveils an ambitious plan to build a city-owned open access fiber network
Once complete, it would be one of the largest publicly-owned open access networks serving a major metro area in the nation
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
Once complete, it would be one of the largest publicly-owned open access networks serving a major metro area in the nation
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oakland, CA unveils an ambitious plan to build a city-owned open access fiber network
Once complete, it would be one of the largest publicly-owned open access networks serving a major metro area in the nation
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
Once complete, it would be one of the largest publicly-owned open access networks serving a major metro area in the nation
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
Congressional Republicans are moving forward on a plan to kill a popular FCC E-rate program providing free Wi-Fi to schoolchildren
Critics say it’s a “cruel” effort that will undermine work to bridge the affordability and access gap
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/crue...
Critics say it’s a “cruel” effort that will undermine work to bridge the affordability and access gap
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/crue...
May 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Congressional Republicans are moving forward on a plan to kill a popular FCC E-rate program providing free Wi-Fi to schoolchildren
Critics say it’s a “cruel” effort that will undermine work to bridge the affordability and access gap
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/crue...
Critics say it’s a “cruel” effort that will undermine work to bridge the affordability and access gap
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/crue...
The Trump admin mission to destroy the Digital Equity Act that promised to fund digital skills training & broadband adoption programs across the US is seeing escalating pushback by frustrated lawmakers, state broadband offices & frontline orgs
Our story here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/push...
Our story here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/push...
May 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Trump admin mission to destroy the Digital Equity Act that promised to fund digital skills training & broadband adoption programs across the US is seeing escalating pushback by frustrated lawmakers, state broadband offices & frontline orgs
Our story here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/push...
Our story here ⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/push...
Longmont, Colo proving once again that community-owned broadband networks are how communities can beat the big monopoly providers
Not only by delivering better service but offering affordability to low-income households even w/o the ACP
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/long...
Not only by delivering better service but offering affordability to low-income households even w/o the ACP
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/long...
May 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Longmont, Colo proving once again that community-owned broadband networks are how communities can beat the big monopoly providers
Not only by delivering better service but offering affordability to low-income households even w/o the ACP
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/long...
Not only by delivering better service but offering affordability to low-income households even w/o the ACP
Our story here 🌐💻⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/long...
California's Last-Mile Federal Funding Account program has been smiling on community broadband
Our Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst Jessica Auer created this new dashboard to help visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the program 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Our Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst Jessica Auer created this new dashboard to help visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the program 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
May 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
California's Last-Mile Federal Funding Account program has been smiling on community broadband
Our Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst Jessica Auer created this new dashboard to help visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the program 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Our Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst Jessica Auer created this new dashboard to help visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the program 💻🌐⬇️
communitynetworks.org/content/new-...