California
In San Leandro, we are building on public broadband investment for a brighter future by Corina Lopez, National League of Cities
In order to close the digital divide for all residents and further unleash economic growth, federal and state governments must invest more in broadband infrastructure of all kinds, including both fiber and wireless. Furthermore, we will need federal officials and their state counterparts to cease preemptive legislative trends that have tied cities’ hands and prevented public or public-private solutions from taking root.
Colorado
More than half of Longmont has signed up for NextLight, and private Internet providers have reacted by Sam Lounsberry, Times-Call
Idaho
Idaho Falls residents weigh cost/benefits of fiber network by Ryan Suppe, Post Register
Minnesota
Tina Smith talks drug prices, healthcare, broadband by Nathan Bowe, DL Online
Ely Broadband Coalition looking for more grant projects by Keith Vandervort, The TimberJay
Oregon
Details emerging on broadband network plans by Richard Hanners, Blue Mountain Eagle
Municipal broadband now before Portland City Council, NW Labor Press
Tennessee
Organization aims to bring community-owned rural broadband Internet to Sevier County by Candice Fitzgibbons, Sevier News Messenger
Washington
Broadband committee ready to submit grant application by Diana Zimmerman, The Wahkiakum County Eagle
General
FCC falsely claims community broadband an 'ominous threat to the First Amendment' by Karl Bode, Motherboard
FCC Republican claims municipal broadband is threat to First Amendment by Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica
Of course, the Obama-era FCC prohibited ISPs—including municipal ISPs—from blocking legal content by enforcing net neutrality rules. O'Rielly and the rest of the FCC's Republican majority eliminated those rules after Donald Trump became president. In fact, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai justified the net neutrality repeal in part by saying the rules were too onerous for municipal ISPs.
An FCC commissioner attacks municipal broadband systems by falsely claiming they're a threat to free speech by Michael Hiltzik, LA Times
Why millions of teens can't finish their homework by Alia Wong, The Atlantic
The future of net neutrality by Evan Malmgren, The Nation
Verizon just obliterated Ajit Pai's justification for killing net neutrality by Karl Bode, TechDirt
