The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday morning voted to push aside laws in two states that restrict municipalities from building out their local high speed broadband networks. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC… Read more »
The big battle over net neutrality will go to a vote on Thursday but, for many people in small cities, it’s the other item on the agenda that matters most: whether the agency will allow… Read more »
State laws that obstruct towns and cities from building their own broadband networks are likely to fall at the end of the month, as a result of an upcoming vote by the FCC… Read more »
Dozens of Connecticut municipalities, representing half the state’s population, have signed on to a project that aims to dramatically increase broadband speeds to businesses and consumers through a series of public-private partnerships,… Read more »
Should city governments play a bigger role in getting faster internet for their citizens? The FCC’s chairman shared some thoughts at a time when the city of Palo Alto and others… Read more »
State laws that hinder efforts to build municipal broadband networks can be repealed or dismantled, and showing startups using gigabit networks and the promise of economic development is a good place… Read more »
Small cities want the federal government’s help in sweeping aside state laws that prevent them from offering better internet service. The dispute has triggered a broader debate about the FCC’s power… Read more »
The FCC has been gently pushing for the end of state laws that make it difficult to build out municipal broadband networks. It should push harder. Read more »
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is embarking on a gigabit fiber project, thanks to the suggestion of Google’s Eric Schmidt, taking advantage of the overhaul of its water infrastructure to lay new… Read more »
Regressive, telco industry-influenced state legislators are at it again, trying to kill communities’ right to determine their own broadband futures. Anti-community broadband bills are rearing their ugly heads in several states… Read more »