Broadband Bits

Series produced by Nick Stumo-Langer

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

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


30 Pieces

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Episode 161: The community reaction to Longmont's NextLight gigabit municipal fiber network in Colorado has been dramatic. They are seeing major ta...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 24:19
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Episode 106: Longmont is about to break ground on the citywide FTTH gigabit network but it is already offering services to local businesses and a f...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 22:23
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Episode 68: As Longmont prepares to vote on November 5, we are paying special attention to question 2B, which will authorize the city utility to is...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 20:11
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Episode 10: The tenth episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast features Vince Jordan, Telecom Manager for Longmont Power and Communication i...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 26:04
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Episode 67: We are excited to continue our history series with Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Firm. This is Jim's third time on the program, h...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 23:05
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Episode 63: Jim Baller is back again for the second show in our series on the history of municipal broadband networks. He is the President of the ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:39
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Episode 57: Jim Baller has been helping local governments to build community owned networks for as long as they have been building them. He is the ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 31:18
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Episode 120: Lisa Gonzalez and I have been wading though all kinds of crazy talk since the cities of Wilson and Chattanooga filed petitions with th...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 16:12
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Episode 72: We are back with the fourth volume of our responding to "Crazy Talk" theme on the Community Broadband Bits podcast. The source of this ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 24:06
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Episode 62: Lisa Gonzalez and I are back with another back and forth reaction to some of the crazy claims made by opponents of community owned Inte...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 19:52
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Episode 55: Following up on our first "Responding to Crazy Talk" episode last month, we decided to publish a second edition this week. Again, Lisa...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:11
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Episode 50: For our 50th episode, we're trying something new: Lisa and I respond to three common claims made by opponents of community owned networ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 12:40
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Episode 34: Have you heard of the National Information Infrastructure, or the NII? Most of us either haven't, or have forgotten we once knew what i...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 30:34
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Episode 25: Dewayne Hendricks has returned for his second appearance on the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, continuing our discussion about the ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 24:07
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Episode 18: Dewayne Hendricks is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and wireless expert. Wired magazine labeled him a broadband cowboy back in 2001...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 26:34
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Episode 119: Earlier, this year, the Minnesota Legislature established a "Border to Border" Broadband fund to expand Internet access to the least c...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 23:25
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Episode 132: Ever since the last time Chris Mitchell spoke with Blair Levin on Episode 37, we have wanted to have him back for a friendly discussi...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 37:30
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Episode 91: Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 13:15
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Episode 83: When we think about the threat of monopoly, we almost always focus on how monopolies can raise prices beyond what is reasonable. But th...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 19:42
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Episode 130: Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 15:02