Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWest Des Moines, Iowa is a Model for Open Access Conduit Networks - Episode 573 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 573
A little more than three years ago, the city of West Des Moines, Iowa announced that it would build a citywide open access conduit system to lower th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Wading Through Federal Funding Streams - Episode 572 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 572
This week on the podcast, Christopher speaks with Brent Christensen, President and CEO of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance (MTA). The MTA is a trade as…
2 years, 8 months ago
Net Neutrality and the Regulatory Theater of the FCC - Episode 571 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 571
This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Karl Bode, a returning guest who has long covered tech and the telecommunications industry. They t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hope and Change (Redux) - Episode 570 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 570
This week on the podcast we bring back a fan favorite that feels particularly relevant. Christopher is joined by Harold Feld, Senior Vice President a…
2 years, 8 months ago
A Scattering of Wonks - Episode 569 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 569
This week on the podcast, we bring over a conversation from our Connect This! Show, where Christopher is joined by a ground of policy experts to talk…
2 years, 8 months ago
A Stately Tour of BEAD Plans - Episode 568 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 568
This week on the show, Christopher is joined once again by Sean Gonsalves. After a short stop to talk about the establishment of a new municipal netw…
2 years, 8 months ago
Mona Thompson Reflects on a Career of Visionary Work in Tribal Telecommunications - Episode 567 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 567
This week on the podcast, Christopher speaks with Mona Thompson, General Manager at the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (CRSTTA). CRST…
2 years, 9 months ago
Loveland’s Municipal Network is Scrappy and Driven to Serve its Community - Episode 566 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 566
This week on the podcast, Christopher speaks with Brieana Reed-Harmel, Municipal Fiber Manager for the City of Loveland, located in Colorado’s Northe…
2 years, 9 months ago
Digital Equity Starts in Our Cities and Towns - Episode 565 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 565
This week on the show we're featuring an episode of our Building for Digital Equity podcast, with Brandon Forester - the National Organizer for Inter…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Last Train - Episode 564 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 564
We're more than 15 years and a hundred billion dollars into the alphabet soup of federal broadband infrastructure subsidy programs, and millions upon…
2 years, 10 months ago