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Back to SearchPredictions for 2026: CBN Edition - Episode 673 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 673
Chris Mitchell is joined by CBN colleagues to share bold predictions on BEAD delays, municipal broadband momentum, and the growing influence of fixed…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Broadband Reality Check: BEAD, Competition, and What Comes Next - Episode 672 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 672
Chris Mitchell sits down with Doug Dawson to cut through the hype, unpack growing uncertainty around federal policy, and explain what communities and…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
2026 Predictions with Blair Levin- Episode 671 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 671
Chris Mitchell and Blair Levin look back at predictions and policy delays from 2025, unpack the growing influence of satellites and tariffs, and expl…
5 months ago
Year in Review 2025 - Episode 670 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 670
In this year-end roundtable, the Community Broadband Networks team looks back at their 2025 predictions—and reckons with what actually happened.
★…5 months, 2 weeks ago
Telecom's Plumbing Problem: Routing, Regulation, and What Comes Next - Episode 669 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 669
Richard Shockey joins Chris Mitchell to explain how the collapse of the PSTN, weak federal oversight, and a messy transition to all-IP networks threa…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Berkshires Broadband Movement: How 19 Small Towns Built Their Own Fiber Future - Episode 668 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 668
Chris Mitchell, Jess Auer, and David Kulp tell the inside story of how community determination transformed Internet access across Western Massachuset…
6 months, 1 week ago
Building Broadband from the Ground Up - Episode 667 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 667
Mauricio Rodriguez joins Chris to talk about permitting challenges, land negotiations, environmental surprises, and why setting standards and hiring …
6 months, 1 week ago
The Satellite Solution That Won’t Scale - Episode 666 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 666
Sascha Meinrath joins Chris to unpack how BEAD funding is drifting toward satellite solutions that can’t scale—and why misleading speed data, space c…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Speed Tests and Why BEAD Keeps Getting Messier - Episode 665 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 665
Doug Dawson joins Chris to break down the latest shakeups in broadband policy, from ISPs gaming the data to NTIA’s controversial BEAD changes and wha…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Follow the Money: Comcast, Starlink, and the BEAD Backslide - Episode 664 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Episode 664
Chris Mitchell, Karl Bode, and Sean Gonsalves break down the politics, corruption, and power plays shaping the broadband landscape—and what it all me…
7 months ago