On April 30, 2018, at CLIC's event in Austin, Blair Levin, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute's Metropolitan Policy Project, gave a powerful keynote speech focusing on the FCC's BDAC process which included his prediction that its primary result will likely be the asymmetrical transfer of wealth from the public to private enterprises with no associated public obl…
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Come join CLIC in Austin Monday, April 30: The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice
Please join us in Austin this Monday, April 30, for CLIC’s latest half-day program which will take a deep dive into “The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice.” Our full agenda is here. Emphasizing the positive, we will showcase successful local initiatives reflecting the benefits of local control for the community’s economic and broadband future. We will discuss the factual and leg…
CLIC Strongly Rebukes FCC BDAC Process and Outcome
Dramatically Undercuts Local Governments Ability to Improve and Accelerate National Broadband Access In a strongly worded letter submitted on April 12, 2018, CLIC has communicated to the FCC its deep concerns regarding the selection process and associated restrictive outcomes of its Broadband Deployment Advisory Council (BDAC). As CLIC states: “The Commission’s startling failure to include ad…
read moreJoin CLIC in Austin to learn how broadband is MAGIC for economic development
Join us on April 30 in Austin as CLIC hosts local community officials for a half-day of discussion on “the Vital Role of Local Internet Choice.” One session will offer an in-depth look at how the small Maryland city of Westminster has successfully built and utilized community fiber-to-the-premises. Westminster has built and owns the fiber network all the way to the home and business.…
read moreJoin CLIC in Austin April 30 to hear Local Community Broadband Success Stories
Come to CLIC in Austin on April 30 to discuss The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice on the first day of the 2018 Broadband Communities Summit. Hear stories of community broadband successes from North Carolina to Detroit, and take them home to refute the false narratives about community broadband efforts being peddled in D.C. and in various state legislatures. We know that great nations a…
read moreCome to CLIC @BBC-Austin April 30 to Discuss “The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice”
What better place to talk about how vital “Local” is than in the uniquely local community of Austin, Texas. Come join us on Monday, April 30, in Austin, for CLIC’s important strategy session on “The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice,” at the foot of the Broadband Communities’ conference: “Fiber: Putting Your Gigs to Work.” Great nations are built on great cities and towns.…
read moreCLIC-Colorado Uses Video to Teach Legislators the Value of Local Net Choice
Here is a great example of how to use video to teach your state legislators why local communities need local internet choice. CLIC’s Colorado Chapter, CCUA, produced this short video to put their message in a nutshell. They utilized real-life stories from small businesses, schools and healthcare providers to emphasize the message that access to the 21st century internet is equivalent to acce…
read moreCLIC CEO offers “A Better Game Plan” to Close the Digital Divide: Testifies on Capitol Hill
Background: On January 30, 2018, CLIC CEO, Joanne Hovis, testified at a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications & Technology, Chaired by Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) on the topic of “Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions. Twenty-five bills were to be considered. A video of the proceeding can be found here. We print below Joann…
read moreCLIC CEO TO TESTIFY ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY: WILL OFFER “A BETTER GAME PLAN” TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Joanne Hovis, CLIC’s CEO and owner of CTC Technology and Energy, will be testifying at the House Energy & Commerce Communications & Technology Subcommittee tomorrow during a hearing titled “ Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions.” During her testimony, Joanne will be offering “a better game plan,” one whose strategies “address the core reason the…
read moreWhy CLIC-NC? Because NC Hearts Gigabit
There was a buzz at the Broadband Communities' recent Atlanta conference earlier this month, and part of that circled around a new grassroots group whose founders were present and speaking about their new educational project, NC Hearts Gigabit. Formed as a project of CLIC-NC, the North Carolina chapter of CLIC, NC Hearts Gigabit will serve as a story-telling platform about North Carolina's n…
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