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Christopher On "The Takeaway": Monopolies, Munis, And Making A Difference
Christopher recently took some time to visit with John Hockenberry on The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC. The conversation covered municipal networks, big cable and telephone monopolies, and how local...
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Christopher Talks North Carolina, Local Solutions
How do we connect rural America? Unreliable, slow Internet service with data caps is the norm for much of the country. Even though the federal government gives billions of dollars to large telecom...
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Christopher Discusses the Future of Community Networks on TWiT
On March 24th, Christopher was on episode 232 of the web show "This Week in Enterprise Tech." Christopher discussed the future of community broadband networks in the Trump era as well as shared...
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RS Fiber On NPR's "The Call-In"
RS Fiber Cooperative, serving communities in central Minnesota, has received attention and awards for a collaborative approach to improve local connectivity. The project is bringing better Internet...
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Infographic On Super-Preemption
Preemption at the state and federal level threatens local telecommunications authority, as we’ve seen in about 20 states. When state laws usurp local governments’ ability to decide how they improve...
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The Power of Electric Cooperatives: Recommended Article
Journalist Jill Nolin recently dove into the details of electric cooperatives and Internet service in an article for the Thomasville Times-Enterprise in Georgia. Rural electric co-ops offer an avenue...
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WAMU's 1A Show Covers Rural Connectivity With Christopher
For an in-depth discussion about connectivity in rural America, Public Rado WAMU called our own Christopher Mitchell who joined host Joshua Johnson on the 1A show. The conversation covered a variety of...
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"Net Neutrality Has Rural Impact" : Mountain Talk And Mimi Pickering
As the new administration’s FCC re-examines Network Neutrality rules, rural communities are wondering how any changes may affect areas in the U.S. that already have difficulties obtaining fast,...
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Christopher On Marketplace: Munis And Network Neutrality
As the FCC’s vote on whether or not to remove network neutrality draws near, an increasing number of people are beginning to wonder how Internet access will change for them. Journalists have reached...
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Building Local Power Podcast Tackles "What's Going on With the Internet?"
The Community Broadband Networks Initiative is only one of several research areas at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. It’s common for people who follow the work of one initiative to find...
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Talking to Wilson, North Carolina: Will Aycock from Greenlight on TechWire Q&A
People in the North Carolina towns of Albemarle, Fuquay-Varina, and Jacksonville, are gathering together this week to discuss rural broadband. Our own Christopher Mitchell and Katie Kienbaum are...
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Holiday Bonus Rebroadcast - Eric Lampland on Indirect Cost Savings
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Christopher Mitchell Talks Quarantine Connectivity on Marketplace Tech
Marketplace Tech’s Molly Wood interviewed Christopher Mitchell, the director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, this morning on national radio. The pair discussed how broadband providers...
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Good Discussion - Internet Access, Corruption, and Bandwidth Caps in New York
Just a quick note - this was an excellent, candid discussion about Internet access policy that featured Phil Dampier from Stop the Cap and Rachel Barnhart, a NY legislator from Monroe County.The show...
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Listen to Baratunde Thurston Interview Bruce Patterson About Open Access,...
Baratunde Thurston hosted Bruce Patterson on the most recent episode of his podcast How To Citizen. The episode is a deep dive into the consequences of a lack of competition in Internet access, and how...
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