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Clearwire Validates Skepticism About Wireless as Last-Mile Solution
Clearwire, which brags that it built the first 4G network in the country, is under assault from its customers. Customers began complaining in mid-2010 that Clearwire had begun to throttle their home...
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Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Listen to AT&T's CEO, not...
AT&T lobbyists in Georgia and South Carolina are arguing that local governments should not be allowed to build the networks that communities need, suggesting that the private sector is primed to...
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Unions and DSL Customers: Verizon Knocks Out Two Birds With One Stone
If you are a current or potential Verizon customer, by now you know that you no longer have the option to order stand alone DSL. When the business decision became public knowledge in April, DSL...
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Wireless Internet Access Fact Sheet
Wireless networks have been incredibly successful, from home Wi-Fi networks to the billions of mobile devices in use across the planet. So successful, in fact, that some have come to believe we no...
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Countering Crazy Talk, Volume 3, for Episode #62 of Community Broadband Bits...
Lisa Gonzalez and I are back with another back and forth reaction to some of the crazy claims made by opponents of community owned Internet networks. This is something we started with Episode 50 and...
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American Enterprise Institute Scholar Calls DSL Obsolete
For the second time this year, one of the major defenders of the cable and telephone companies has admitted that DSL cannot provide the Internet access we need as a nation. This admission validates our...
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Verizon CEO: LTE Cannot Replace Fiber
Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead is not doing any favors for Comcast as it pursues approval to acquire Time Warner Cable. In August, he came out and publicly stated that no, LTE is not equal to fiber. The...
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Princeton Voters Authorize FTTH Make-Ready Funds in Record Turn-Out
On November 18th, 90% of voters at Princeton's special town meeting approved a measure to fund $1.2 million in make-ready costs bringing the community one step closer to fiber connectivity. The number...
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Monday, Feb. 29th: New Report, Webinar from Next Century Cities & WifiForward
Next Century Cities and WifiFoward will present the results of new research on wireless technologies. The report (to be released on February 29, 2016) provides a detailed analysis of LTE-U and Wi-Fi in...
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Nunavut Infrastructure Gap Report Highlights Startling Lack of Connectivity...
News stories highlighting the breadth and depth of the digital divide and its impacts in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic have dominated the headlines in recent months, but a new report emphasizes...
View ArticleSchools in Texas and Utah Set up Fixed Wireless Networks So Schools Can Bring...
We've covered an array of communities that have met the connectivity challenges brought about by the pandemic by setting up gap networks to help bring neighborhoods, students, seniors, and frontline...
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Rural Southeast Alaskan Tribes Leverage Spectrum for a Pilot Connecting...
The Tlingit and Haida Tribes will leverage $15 million in Rescue Plan funding to bring LTE-based 100 Mbps symmetrical wireless connectivity to 10,000 unserved residents in and around the city of...
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The Future of Community Networks and Fixed Wireless | Episode 53 of the...
Join us live on Friday, September 16, at 1pm ET for the latest episode of the Connect This! Show.Tags: connect this showWirelessfixed wirelessfibercompetitiontechnologyspectrumlicensedunlicensedLTE
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