Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWireless Mesh in a Concrete Jungle: How Community Networks Build Local Ties – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 414
Episode 428
This week on the Community Broadband Bits podcast, Christopher talks to Scott Rasmussen, an organizer with the nonprofit, volunteer-run community net…
6 years ago
When Three Isn’t Enough: What Rural Connectivity Options Look Like in North Carolina – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 413
Episode 427
This week on the Community Broadband Bits podcast, Christopher talks to Tanna Greathouse, a Boone, North Carolina, resident operating an online busin…
6 years ago
How Telecom Monopolies Killed Competition in North Carolina With HB 129, Part 2 – Community Broadband Bits Podcast, Bonus Episode Eight
Episode 426
For the eighth episode of our special podcast series “Why NC Broadband Matters,” Christopher and his guests, Catharine Rice and Jack Cozort, continue…
6 years ago
How Telecom Monopolies Killed Competition in North Carolina With HB 129 – Community Broadband Bits Episode 412
Episode 425
We’ve written a lot about North Carolina’s HB 129, the anti-competition law that prevents communities in the state from investing in broadband infras…
6 years ago
Fiber-to-the-Schoolbus: Ozarks Electric Connects Students During the Pandemic – Community Broadband Bits Episode 411
Episode 424
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic pushed schools online, rural cooperatives and other local broadband providers have been coming up with innovative wa…
6 years ago
Why Wi-Fi is Polite and Where It’s Going Next – Community Broadband Bits Episode 410
Episode 423
In this episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we get an introduction to what this week’s guest calls “the most Southern of protocols” — Wi…
6 years ago
A New Frontier for Broadband Funding in California – Community Broadband Bits Episode 409
Episode 422
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has worked for many years to protect privacy and civil liberties online and to support technological innovat…
6 years, 1 month ago
Checking in With Fort Collins Fiber Network, Connexion- Community Broadband Bits Episode 408
Episode 421
After a bitter battle with Comcast and a successful referendumto reclaim local authority back in 2017, Fort Collins, Colorado, is moving forward with…
6 years, 1 month ago
Tullahoma Thrives With Fiber Network, Plus Straight Talk on the Pandemic- Community Broadband Bits Episode 407
Episode 420
We last spoke to Brian Skelton, president of Tullahoma Utilities Authority, in 2013 for episode 54 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Since the…
6 years, 1 month ago
Heroic Partners Bring Middle Mile Fiber to Northwest Colorado With Project THOR- Community Broadband Bits Episode 406
Episode 419
The breathtaking mountains of northwest Colorado have long attracted skiers and hikers, but broadband providers haven’t found the region’s rugged lan…
6 years, 1 month ago