15 Apr 2011

ILSR Defends Local Authority to Build Broadband Networks

by | Date: 15 Apr 2011 | posted in: information, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR has continued working to preserve local authority to build broadband networks in both North Carolina and South Carolina.  Massive companies like AT&T and Time Warner Cable are lobbying heavily to strip communities of deciding locally whether to build and own essential infrastructure — networks that these companies are often not willing to build.

We recently published an op-ed in North Carolina and have written about South Carolina as well.

Keep up with our ongoing coverage of these issues by following the North Carolina tag and South Carolina tag on MuniNetworks.org.

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Christopher Mitchell is the Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with ILSR. He is a leading national expert on community networks, Internet access, and local broadband policies. Christopher built MuniNetworks.org, the comprehensive online clearinghouse of information about local government policies to improve Internet access. Its interactive community broadband network map tracks more than 600 such networks. He also hosts audio and video shows online, including Community Broadband Bits and Connect This!