Paul Meyer, Executive Director, NC League of Municipalities
CLIC Guest Blog by Paul Meyer
Roughly a year ago now, I spoke to the members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s broadband task force and noted how, from the viewpoint of anyone looking objectively at the issue of broadband access, the public-private partnership model advocated by NCLM is a “no-brainer.”
Obviously, a lot has happened in …
Category: Connections Blog
Why Local Communities Should Pay Attention to the West Des Moines Broadband Project
After years of a community visioning project, and driven by the value of wanting equal access throughout the community, West Des Moines, Iowa has made the major decision to build an open conduit system to every address in its 65,000-population community, and to then lease conduit access to fiber ISP providers. Google Fiber will be its first tenant.
Enjoy CLIC’s October 14 interv…
How Can America’s Communities Secure the Benefits of Fiber-Optic Infrastructure?
A new CLIC white paper on innovative broadband strategies, Public Infrastructure/Private Service: A Shared-Risk Partnership Model for 21st Century Broadband Infrastructure, was published this morning by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. We at CLIC thank Benton for this terrific collaboration and we’re cross-posting below the summary and introduction to the report from Be…
read moreCLIC Board Advisor Matthew Rantanen Honored with Renowned IP3 Award
CLIC warmly congratulates Matthew Rantanen, Director of Technology at the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, and CLIC Board Advisor, for being selected as the co-recipient of the IP3 Internet Protocol award. Matt will share this award with Geoffrey C. Blackwell (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Omaha, Muscogee Creek) who is Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel for AMERIND a…
Internet2 Names Matthew Rantanen Winner of 2020 Rose-Werle Award
CLIC heartily congratulates Matthew Rantanen, Director of Technology at the Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association, and CLIC Board Advisor, for being selected as a winner of the Internet2’s 2020 Rose-Werle award. Matt is known as the Cyber warrior for Tribal broadband.
In receiving this award, Matt was recognized for his leadership in extending high-speed broadband services an…
America’s Broadband Moment
This CLIC Guest Blog was originally published by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
-- by Jon Sallet, Benton Senior Fellow*
The debate on whether broadband is a luxury or an essential connection to society is over. More than twice as many people are now using residential broadband during business hours as before the COVID-19 crisis. Over 55 million st…
The Broadband Lifeline in a Pandemic: How Your Community Can Quickly Connect the Unconnected
by Joanne Hovis
As the nation continues to ride out a pandemic that will persist for months, the need is acute for fast and inexpensive broadband rollout. Many communities have thrown up their hands because there are no LTE hotspots to be found on the market (the supply delay is many months at this point) and because network construction seems like it could take years.
But it’s import…
Let Residents Finance Broadband Infrastructure Themselves
CLIC Guest Blog
Benjamin J. Fineman, President, Michigan Broadband Cooperative
Benjamin J. Fineman, President, Michigan Broadband Cooperative
In a recent article from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, titled “Bill Would Let Townships Impose Property Tax Hikes for Broadband Projects, author Dawson Bell reiterates incorrect talking points about House Bill 5673 that are designed t…
Tell The Story We Know: Broadband Competition is Too Limited
by Jonathan Sallet, Senior Fellow, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
I was General Counsel of the Federal Communications
Commission when it sought the preemption of state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina
that limited the ability of municipalities to promote broadband. We failed in
that effort, but the case laid out the key facts.
The FCC found that the provision of munic…
JOIN CLIC IN HOUSTON FOR THE BROADBAND COMMUNITIES EVENT – April 27 to 30
Come join CLIC on April 30 in Houston, Texas for our Super Session on Broadband Partnerships and Federal and State Incentives: A Force Multiplier which will be held on the last day of Broadband Communities' 2020 Summit: Building a Gigabit World (April 27-30). CLIC Members qualify for a full BBC conference discount, which includes CLIC’s event, by registering here and using t…