Community Broadband Bits Podcast

Community Broadband Bits is a short weekly audio show featuring interviews with people building community networks or otherwise involved with Internet policy.

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How Telecom Monopolies Killed Competition in North Carolina With HB 129 – Community Broadband Bits Episode 412

Posted May 26, 202000:56:01

We’ve written a lot about North Carolina’s HB 129, the anti-competition law that prevents communities in the state from investing in broadband...

Fiber-to-the-Schoolbus: Ozarks Electric Connects Students During the Pandemic – Community Broadband Bits Episode 411

Posted May 19, 202000:18:50

Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic pushed schools online, rural cooperatives and other local broadband providers have been coming up with innovative ways...

Why Wi-Fi is Polite and Where It’s Going Next – Community Broadband Bits Episode 410

Posted May 12, 202000:50:37

In this episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we get an introduction to what this week’s guest calls “the most Southern of protocols”...

A New Frontier for Broadband Funding in California – Community Broadband Bits Episode 409

Posted May 7, 202000:29:24

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has worked for many years to protect privacy and civil liberties online and to support technological innovation...

Checking in With Fort Collins Fiber Network, Connexion- Community Broadband Bits Episode 408

Posted May 5, 202000:45:46

After a bitter battle with Comcast and a successful referendumto reclaim local authority back in 2017, Fort Collins, Colorado, is moving forward...