Citizens and local elected officials should be able to control their communities’ broadband destinies.

Economic development in rural areas depends on broadband access – but the FCC’s current initiatives won’t help.

Amazon just upended the grocery industry. Why didn’t its competitors see that coming?

Service providers already have what they need to improve connectivity experiences in multifamily housing.

Has Disney traded the cable TV model for a handful of magic beans?

In its annual assessment of the state of advanced telecommunications capability, the FCC should forget about speed and focus on the capacity to provide an excellent broadband experience.

Broadband Communities’ 2017 census of municipal and public-private fiber networks now shows 216 active projects – and many more in preliminary stages.

The traditional telecom model is not working. For a locality to succeed with a municipal broadband alternative, it can’t just duplicate the incumbent model.

Too many fiber network projects fail because deployers make unrealistic assumptions about pole attachments. Don’t let that happen to your project!

What communities should do during the planning phase of a broadband project – and what they can save for later

The FCC’s Connect America Phase II reverse auction gives competitive providers a shot at getting USF support to build broadband networks in unserved rural areas where incumbent providers have chosen not to build. The process is complicated – at best.

Fiber networks are more reliable when the installation is kept clean.