Community Broadband Media Roundup – October 10

Date: 13 Oct 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

If the 3 million public comments, the backing of the FCC Chairman, and the support of big tech companies all over the United States wasn’t enough, this week we heard more positive rumblings about Network Neutrality, this time from President Obama. “My appointee, [FCC Chairman] Tom Wheeler, knows my position. I can’t now, that he’s there, … Read More

Diffraction Analysis Offers Free Webinar on FTTH, April 15th, 11 a.m. Central

Date: 14 Apr 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On April 15th, Benoit Felten and his organization, Diffraction Analysis, will host a free webinar to discuss results from their latest study. The study, Why Consumers Love FTTH – The FTTH Consumer Experience Study, delves into the fiber experience in Sweden. Here are some preliminary findings from the report: In Sweden a huge majority FTTH users … Read More

Diffraction Analysis Offers Free Webinar on FTTH, April 24th, 9 AM ET

Date: 14 Apr 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On April 24th, Benoit Felten and his organization, Diffraction Analysis, will host a free webinar to discuss results from their latest study. The study, Why Consumers Love FTTH – The FTTH Consumer Experience Study, delves into the fiber experience in Sweden. Here are some preliminary findings from the report: In Sweden a huge majority FTTH users … Read More

Overview of Stockholm’s Stokab – Community Broadband Bits Episode #88

Date: 4 Mar 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Having just returned from a short trip to Sweden, Lisa Gonzalez and I discuss what I learned and how Stockholm has become one of the most connected cities on the planet. We talk about how Stockholm built a massive dark fiber network that has enabled competition at the service layer, the status of telecommunications in Sweden, … Read More

Christopher Mitchell Speaks in Sweden at Fiber Event

Date: 4 Mar 2014 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In February, ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell travelled to Stockholm to share our work on broadband at an event titled Fibre: The key to creating world-class IT regions. On February 21st, he presented info to attendees on the status of broadband in the U.S. While Chris was there, he also spoke one-on-one with Anders Broberg, one of the … Read More