Emerging Issues in Expanding Next-Generation Internet Access: 2017 Policy Agenda
Publication Date: April 4, 2017Author(s): Next Century CitiesNext Century Cities’ “Emerging Issues in Expanding Next-Generation Internet Access: 2017 Policy Agenda” offers recommendations to local...
View ArticleAmmon Report: "Enabling Competition and Innovation on a City Fiber Network"
Publication Date: October 4, 2017Author(s): Paddy LeerssenDavid TalbotAs Ammon, Idaho, celebrated the official launch of its publicly owned open access network on October 5th, 2017, the folks from...
View ArticleComcast Spends Big on Local Elections: Would Lose Millions in Revenue from...
Publication Date: November 2, 2017Author(s): H. TrostleChristopher MitchellAs the company with one of the largest ISPs in the nation, Comcast Corporation makes daily investment decisions. They choose...
View ArticleCooperatives Fiberize Rural America: A Trusted Model For The Internet Era
Publication Date: November 28, 2017Author(s): H. TrostleChristopher MitchellRural communities across the United States are already building the Internet infrastructure of the future. Using a 20th...
View ArticleCommunity-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
Publication Date: January 1, 2018Author(s): David TalbotKira HesselkielDanielle KehlThe FCC collects data from Internet Service Providers that reflects census blocks where they offer service to at...
View ArticleImpact of CAF II-funded Networks: Lessons From Two Rural Minnesota Exchanges...
Publication Date: June 21, 2018Author(s): Bill ColemanBlandin FoundationThis report from the Blandin Foundation digs deep into the federal Connect America Fund II (CAF II) subsidies for Internet...
View ArticleProfiles of Monopoly: Big Telecom and Cable
Publication Date: July 31, 2018Author(s): H. TrostleChristopher MitchellFor years, national cable and telecom companies have complained that they operate in and industry plagued by too much...
View ArticleTier Flattening: AT&T and Verizon Home Customers Pay a High Price for Slow...
Publication Date: July 31, 2018Author(s): Bill CallahanAngela SieferIn recent years AT&T and Verizon, the nation’s two largest telco Internet providers, have eliminated their cheaper rate tiers for...
View ArticleBroadband Competition in the Rochester Region: Reality vs Federal Statistics
Publication Date: August 22, 2018Author(s): H. TrostleChristopher BarichChristopher MitchellIn this policy brief, we highlight the gulf between FCC broadband data for Rochester and what’s actually...
View ArticleUnlocking the Value of Broadband for Electric Cooperative Consumer-Members
Publication Date: September 3, 2018Author(s): Russell Tucker, Ph.D.Joseph GoodenberyKatherine LovingWhen privately owned utilities refused to electrify rural areas, communities established electric...
View ArticleExpanding Internet Access: Bank Financing for Rural Broadband Initiatives
Publication Date: November 1, 2018Author(s): Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyWithout access to capital, even the best laid plans for Internet access infrastructure can fall apart. In rural...
View ArticleA Public Housing Digital Inclusion Blueprint: Monkeybrains and San Francisco...
Publication Date: May 1, 2019Author(s): Hannah RankChristopher MitchellLocal communities continue to search for ways to tackle the digital divide and in San Francisco, the city is making strides by...
View ArticleCooperatives Fiberize Rural America: A Trusted Model For The Internet Era...
Publication Date: June 27, 2019Author(s): H. TrostleChristopher MitchellKatie KienbaumDecades after bringing electricity and telephone services to America’s rural households, cooperatives are tackling...
View ArticleCrossed Lines: Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Demands a New Approach to...
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): Marshall SteinbaumAndrew HwangAs federal agencies examine the AT&T - Time Warner merger, how we analyze antitrust also needs to be reevaluated -...
View ArticleSmart Grid Paybacks: The Chattanooga Example
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): David A. TalbotMaria Paz-CanalesA new article from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society takes a look at the pay in and pay off from...
View ArticleCrossed Lines: Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Demands a New Approach to...
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): Marshall SteinbaumAndrew HwangAs federal agencies examine the AT&T - Time Warner merger, how we analyze antitrust also needs to be reevaluated -...
View ArticleSmart Grid Paybacks: The Chattanooga Example
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): David A. TalbotMaria Paz-CanalesA new article from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society takes a look at the pay in and pay off from...
View ArticleCrossed Lines: Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Demands a New Approach to...
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): Marshall SteinbaumAndrew HwangAs federal agencies examine the AT&T - Time Warner merger, how we analyze antitrust also needs to be reevaluated -...
View ArticleSmart Grid Paybacks: The Chattanooga Example
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): David A. TalbotMaria Paz-CanalesA new article from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society takes a look at the pay in and pay off from...
View ArticleCrossed Lines: Why the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Demands a New Approach to...
Publication Date: February 1, 2017Author(s): Marshall SteinbaumAndrew HwangAs federal agencies examine the AT&T - Time Warner merger, how we analyze antitrust also needs to be reevaluated -...
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