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Community Broadband Legislation Roundup – July 26, 2021
Author(s): jerichoSnapshotNew Jersey establishes state committee to strategize deployment of community broadband networksLouisiana Senate amends bill, opening state grant program to municipally-owned...
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Investment In Public Middle-Mile Infrastructure Is Imminent
Author(s): jerichoBetween the U.S. Treasury clarifying that American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds are eligible to be spent on middle-mile infrastructure and the U.S. Senate’s proposed infrastructure bill...
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Broadband Infrastructure Bill: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The bipartisan infrastructure bill, which includes $65 billion for expanding access to reliable, high-speed Internet service, passed in the U.S. Senate yesterday. The full text of the bill, posted on...
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Broadband at the Ballot Box
Broadband was on the ballot as voters went to the polls for Election Day in many areas. Here’s a quick run-down of what happened.ColoradoTags: electioncoloradoWindsoriowaharlanHarlan Municipal...
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In Our View: Success Stories to Counter the Tide of Big Telecom Propaganda
As federal funds to expand high-speed Internet access began to flow to states and local communities through the American Rescue Plan Act, and with billions more coming under the Infrastructure...
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Illinois (and Possibly New York) Poised to Fumble Federal Broadband Funds
Predictably, the big monopoly incumbents are aiming their lobbying efforts to influence state lawmakers as states funnel federal funds into state broadband grant programs. In some states, the Big Telco...
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Michigan Moves to Limit Federal Funds for Municipal Broadband
With an unprecedented amount of federal funds to build broadband networks flowing into individual states, lawmakers in some states are doing the bidding of the big monopoly Internet Service Providers...
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A New Municipal Broadband Advocacy Organization is Born
With an unprecedented opportunity for local communities to build their own ubiquitous high-speed Internet infrastructure, a new national organization has been formed to advocate on behalf of municipal...
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Biden Administration Celebrates Telecom Companies Undermining his Agenda
The Biden Administration is poised to celebrate the nation's largest telecommunications monopolies today even as these companies do the bare minimum for digital equity while undermining his...
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New Video Diaries Highlight Chattanooga’s Long-Term Solution to the Broadband...
Thanks to Chattanooga’s wildly successful municipal broadband network, EPB Fiber, and its partnership with The Enterprise Center and Hamilton County Schools, over 15,000 low-income students in 8,500...
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Charter Poised to Haul in Half of Montana’s Broadband Grants; Smaller ISPs...
Although disappointing for advocates of local Internet choice weary of monopoly providers working to stifle competition, what we are seeing coming out of Montana’s state broadband grant program,...
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Public Interest Groups Push for Gigi Sohn FCC Confirmation
Today marks a full year since Gigi Sohn was nominated to fill the fifth and final seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Since her nomination, Sohn has gone through two confirmation...
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ISPs Large and Small Push for Tax Exempt Broadband Grants
After years of efforts, the telecom industry and a range of independent broadband experts are making progress in their quest to make broadband grants tax exempt, a move industry players large and small...
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Pennsylvania Bill to Ease Municipal Broadband Restrictions; Experts Say It...
A bipartisan coalition of Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced legislation that attempts to reverse some of the state’s most-stringent provisions hamstringing municipal broadband builds. But experts...
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121 Colorado Communities Have Opted Out of Anti-Muni Broadband Preemption Law
More than 121 Colorado cities and towns have now opted out of SB152, a 17-year old state law backed by telecom monopolies greatly restricting the construction and funding of community broadband...
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