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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 278
This is the transcript for Community Broadband Bits podcast episode 278.
Suddenlink's Bad Behavior in Pinetops May Indicate A Troubled Future: Legislature Sides With Big Cable
Rural Pinetop residents are getting a glimpse of the treatment they are going to receive from Suddenlink, even before the ISP has started offering service in the small North Carolina community. According to locals, Suddenlink subcontractors are busting water mains, connecting fiber without homeowner permission, and spreading lies about the Town’s favored community-broadband pr
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 28
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for providing the transcript for Episode 28 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Bruce Kushnick of the New Networks Institute on the history of big telecom. Listen to this episode here.
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 4
This is Episode 4 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Kevin Kryzda, the Chief Information Officer for Martin County, describes how the community created an institutional network. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 200
This is Episode 200 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Lisa returns to the show for another episode of Crazy Talk. Chris and Lisa skewer a recent report from a telco-funded think tank. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 247
This is the transcript for Community Broadband Bits Episode 247. Ken Demlow of Newcom Technologies chats with Christopher Mitchell about what happened in Nashville and why poles are important for fiber. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 281
This is the transcript for Episode 281 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Will Rinehart of the American Action Forum in Washington D.C. discusses telecommunications and economics with our host Christopher Mitchell.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 312
This is the transcript for episode 132 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Christopher interviews Tony Neal-Graves from Colorado's Broadband Office at Mountain Connect. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 161
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for the transcript of Episode 161 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chris speaks with Tim Roiniotis about Longmont's NextLight gigabit municipal fiber network in Colorado. Listen to this episode here.
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 171
This is Episode 171 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Tina Mooring of Computer Central in Wilson, North Carolina joins the show to discuss community networks and local business opportunities. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 203
This is episode 203 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Jody Wigington and Greg Williams join the show to explain how the municipal utility and the Appalachian Electric Cooperative hope to partner to increase Internet access near Morristown, Tennessee.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 249
This is the transcript for Episode 249 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. We have a returning guest, Alyssa Clemsen-Roberts of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative in Texas. She provides a first-hand perspective of the decisions and challenges facing electric cooperatives.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 284
This is the transcript for episode 284 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Angela Siefer from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance explains the connections among digital divides and economic inequalities.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 315
This is the transcript for episode 315 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Matt Larson of Vistabeam Internet joins the show via Mountain Connect in Colorado. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 20
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for this transcript of Episode 20 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Amalia Deloney of the Center for Media Justice discusses how Internet access relates to social justice. Listen to this episode here.
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Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 174
This is episode 174 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chad Glanzer and Carmen O'Neill from the consulting company Vantage Point share their thoughts on the role of consultants in the creation of community broadband networks.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 206
This is Episode 206 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Christopher Mitchell introduces us to Bob Farmer, Information Systems Director from the city of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They discuss what lies ahead for the municipal network.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 253
This is the transcript for episode 253 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Diane Kruse of NeoConnect joins the show to discuss Colorado's community networks. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 288
This is the transcript for episode 288 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Robin Anderson of National Information Solutions Cooperative describes how telephone cooperatives brought high-speed Internet service to much of North Dakota.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 319
This is the transcript for episode 319 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Christopher Mitchell speaks with our former public policy intern Hannah Rank about Monkeybrains, a San Francisco ISP that has figured out a way to bring high-quality Internet access to residents of the city's low-income housing.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 19
Thanks to Jeff Hoel for this transcript of Episode 19 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chris interviews John St. Julien, a local organizer from Lafayette, on how the community overcame the lies of the incumbent provider to pursue a municipal network.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 177
This is Episode 177 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Carole Monroe of the East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network (EC Fiber) joins the show to talk about how the network got started and the benefits of fiber-to-the-premise networks in rural areas.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 209
This is Episode 209 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Christopher Mitchell sits down with Lisa Gonzalez, Senior Researcher at MuniNetworks, to discuss crushing consolidation. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 256
This is the transcript for episode 255 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Doug Seacat from Clearnetworx joins Christopher Mitchell to discuss small private providers and big Telecom. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 290
This is the transcript for episode 290 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Bill Callahan and Angela Siefer join the show to discuss the report on redlining and digital inclusion in Cleveland. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 324
This is the transcript for episode 324 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Christopher discusses the new Fiber-to-the-Home project from Great Lakes Energy, Michigan's largest electric cooperative, with Shari Culver, the co-op's Vice President of Communications, Marketing, and Energy Optimization.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 168
This is Episode 168 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chris interviews Kent Winrich, Director of Broadband and Infrastructure in Salisbury, North Carolina. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 180
This is Episode 180 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Chris interviews Norm Higgins who is the representative of District 120 in Maine's House of Representatives.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 212
This is episode 212 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Gail Garrett Select Board member of the Mount Washington, Massachusetts, discusses local connectivity and state grants. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 259
This is the transcript for episode 259 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Christopher Mitchell discusses Ammon, Idaho, with Ammon Technology Director Bruce Patterson and Strategic Networks Group's Michael Curri. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 293
This is the transcript for episode 293 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Katie Cristol and Jack Belcher join the show from Arlington, Virginia, to explain the community's approach to bridging the digital divide.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 327
This is the transcript for episode 327 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Christopher talks with Brett Schuppner, General Manager of Reedsburg Utilities Commission, about how the municipal fiber network has decided to go all gig and their expansion plans.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 165
This is Episode 165 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Lisa Gonzalez interviews Deb Socia, Executive Director of Next Century Cities, and our own Chris Mitchell, Policy Director of Next Century Cities. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 183
This is Episode 183 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Rebecca Toews and Nick Stumo-Langer join Chris on the show for a rapid-fire discussion of the past year and future predictions. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 215
This is episode 215 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Steve Johnston, Executive Director of Open Cape, describes the future possibilities of the open access, middle mile network on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 262
This is the transcript for Community Broadband Bits Episode 262. Harold Feld and Christopher Mitchell discuss Microsoft's announcement on TV White Spaces and what it means for rural areas. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 296
This is the transcript for episode 296 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Emmett, Idaho, built a community network to connect public facilities and community anchor institutions. Mike Knittel, the Systems Administrator, joins the show to explain how the small city did it and what's next.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 330
This is the transcript for episode 330 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. While at the 2018 Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference in Ontario, California, Christopher spoke with broadband consultant and practitioner Jory Wolf about various projects happening in California.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 27
This is Episode 27 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Lisa Gonzalez presents highlights from the first 25 episodes. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 186
This is Episode 186 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. All the way from Colorado, St Vrain Valley School District Chief Technology Officer Joe McBreen joins the show to explain why schools need so much bandwidth. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 218
This is episode 218 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Pat Millen joins the show to describe how the North Carolina community organization Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D) provides low-income families with laptops and Internet access. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 265
This is the transcript of episode 265 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Lori Sandoval the telecom and regulatory administrator of Pasadena, California, joins the show to discuss the city's fiber network and business climate.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 299
This is the transcript for episode 299 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Eric Lampland of Lookout Point Communications discusses 5G and the latest technology. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 333
This is the transcript for episode 333 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Christopher speaks with Will Mitchell and Sean Myers of VETRO FiberMap about how communities have been using their mapping platform to design, build, and manage their broadband networks and about the importance of GIS data.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 16
This is Episode 16 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. JD Lester and Larry Gates of Chanute, Kansas describe how the gigabit network contributes to the economy and the quality of life. Listen to this episode here.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 188
This is Episode 188 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Eric Cramer, President and CEO of Wilkes Communications and RiverStreet Networks, describes this North Carolina's approach to providing Internet service in rural areas.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 221
This is episode 221 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. President and CEO of the Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority joins the show to discuss the award-winning open access fiber-optic project.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 268
This is the transcript for episode 268 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast. Jon Chambers of Conexon once again joins the show. This time Jon dives into the details of the Connect America Fund program and discusses the upcoming Connect America Fund auction.