Nowhere else on the Web can you find such a complete source of first-hand broadband project management and policy experience. And this knowledgebase grows weekly.
Last August I launched Gigabit Nation, the only radio talk show devoted to broadband, and have amassed quite a treasure trove of excellent insights as well as advice from people immersed in broadband projects and policy. Over 60 hours of interviews with public, private and nonprofit sector leaders who are getting broadband done.
Below is just a sampling of Gigabit Nation interviews. Go to the show’s Web site to get the complete list of archived shows. And don’t miss my upcoming shows. There are new guests and new topics every week. Tell your friends.
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Raising money/funding broadband buildouts
- Local company (non an ISP) builds network for community
- Using e-Rate money to fund broadband
- Gigabit Squared’s $200 million broadband investment fund
Gigabit communities
- Chattanooga, my first interview
- Santa Monica, CA’s fiber net lets the sunshine in
- Busting gigabit pricing myths
- Gigabit-driven innovation
- Australia’s national gigabit to the home initiative
- Getting $70 gigabit in San Francisco
Broadband partnerships
- AIR.U facilitates partnerships between universities and communities to create Super WiFi networks.
- US Ignite Q & A
- Top 10 list of effective public private partnerships tactics
Co-op strategy development
- 7-point strategy for creating successful co-ops.
- Wally Bowen on effective broadband co-op strategy
- N. Carolina co-op delivers
Communities’ success stories
- U. Wisconsin’s broadband project
- WiredWest wires 42 western Mass. towns
- Missouri broadband developments
- Kansas City, KS mayor talks Google
- Longmont, CO beats down Comcast attack
- UTOPIA in Utah delivers
- Case Western Reserve boost broadband in Cleveland
- Franklin County, VA struts wireless success
- Maine’s Three Ring Binder fiber project
- Riverside, CA tackles the digital divide
- Ontario County, NY infrastructure increases broadband competition
- Excellent planning makes OpenCape a success
- Maryland’s broadband stimulus project
Broadband and economic development
- Danville, VA story
- Cape Cod, MA talks broadband & economic development
- Community foundations + broadband = economic development
Marketing and increasing broadband adoption
- Great 60-minute primer on marketing community broadband
- Broadband adoption in Philly
- Vermont’s statewide adoption efforts
Broadband policy discussions
- Mayors from several countries discuss broadband-driven innovation
- More broadband and innovation
- Former FCC Commissioner Copps interview
- FCC Commissioner Clyburn
- Libraries need supporting policies
- Early analysis of USF reform
- WISPA President Rick Harnish discusses wireless policy
