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The Business Case for Longmont, CO's City-Owned Broadband

Craig wrote 1 month ago: Longmont, CO has the opportunity to launch itself squarely into a digital communications leadership … more →

Tags: Making the business case, Strategic thinking, broadband, community broadband

What We Can Learn From Canada's Broadband Stimulus1 comment

Craig wrote 5 months ago: Canada has a federal broadband stimulus program going on as well as the U.S. There are some elements … more →

Tags: Strategic thinking, broadband stimulus, craig settles, community broadband, Successful.com, broadband grants, Rules

Facing the Business Side of Community Broadband

Craig wrote 6 months ago: It’s time for a discussion of a topic that gets hinted at, argued about and danced around. Do you ru … more →

Tags: Strategic thinking, broadband stimulus, craig settles, community broadband, stimulus, Successful.com

NTIA Grant Schedule: The Crapshoot and the Catch–22

Craig wrote 6 months ago: Last week the Dept. of Commerce’s NTIA came out with a schedule that was a little off in the date wh … more →

Tags: Implementation Strategies, Strategic thinking, broadband stimulus, craig settles, broadband, community broadband, stimulus

Broadband Financing, Financial Services for My Blog Readers

Craig wrote 6 months ago: The one thing everyone with broadband dreams is looking for today is money, so here you go. Four ele … more →

Tags: Making the business case, managing costs, Needs Analysis, Strategic thinking, broadband stimulus, craig settles, broadband, community broadband, stimulus

Tips for the Broadband Dash for Dollars

Craig wrote 6 months ago: It’s been a pretty busy week, and a lot of my writing has been directed to other blogs instead of mi … more →

Tags: broadband stimulus, Network business planning, craig settles, broadband, community broadband, stimulus, North Carolina

N. Carolina's Fight for Broadband is the U.S.' Fight

Craig wrote 7 months ago: Much of America, including North Carolina, is at vital crossroads with broadband technology. $7 bill … more →

Tags: broadband stimulus, craig settles, broadband, community broadband, stimulus, Wilson, North Carolina

Free Markets vs the Public Interest1 comment

Craig wrote 7 months ago: Recently a writer doing a story for a publication asked for my views on municipal broadband. Specifi … more →

Tags: broadband, stimulus, Municipal, craig settles, municipal wifi, Muni Wireless, community broadband

New Report Preps You for Broadband Grant Gauntlet

Craig wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been nose-to-the-grindstone the past couple of weeks writing my next Muni Broadband Snapshot Re … more →

Tags: Making the business case, broadband stimulus, craig settles, broadband, Municipal Wireless, community broadband, stimulus, Muni Wireless

The Muni Wireless Phoenix

Craig wrote 8 months ago: They’re baaaaack. The enemies of muni wireless (and all muni-driven network projects) are rear … more →

Tags: broadband stimulus, broadband, stimulus, Municipal, wireless, craig settles, municipal wifi, Muni Wireless, Cablevision

Supplement to Broadband Survey of Econ Dev Professionals Released

Craig wrote 10 months ago: Though it took a couple of weeks longer than planned, it’s finally completed. Fighting the Next Good … more →

Tags: Deployment strategies, The business case

New Survey Reinforces Broadband as Key Part of Obama Infrastructure Plan

Craig wrote 11 months ago: Economic development professionals made it clear in a recent survey that muni broadband networks nee … more →

New Survey Shows Muni Networks Impact Economic Development1 comment

Craig wrote 1 year ago: Nov 21st I launched my 2008 national survey of economic development professionals to gauge their ass … more →

Muni Broadband & Econ Development - Still a Hot Couple

Craig wrote 1 year ago: In the height of muni wireless hype, many politicians said these networks would tackle economic deve … more →

Tags: The business case

What Cablevison’s deal means to muni broadband

Craig wrote 1 year ago: Recently an editor asked me if the introduction of free wireless service by Cablevision is an altern … more →

The Great Libertarian Smokeout

viewfromtheclocktower wrote 1 year ago: Broadband “provider” TDS is suing the town of Monticello after its citizens voted to lay … more →

Tags: Politics, free market, libertarian, Network Neutrality, TDS, Monticello, Protectionism, Creative Commons

Municipal Networks sued over funding rules

Costas Troulos wrote 1 year ago: I was browsing my (annoyingly huge) pile of Google alerts on fiber* issues when I spotted this artic … more →

Tags: Fiber Investments

Philadelphia WiFi shuts down. What's next for Municipal WiFi Networks?3 comments

Costas Troulos wrote 1 year ago: On May 13th EarthLink announced that is shutting down Philadelphia WiFi Network. Philadelphia WiFi N … more →

Tags: Business Strategy, Telecommunications in Greece

An example of Broadband supported Revenue and Employment Opportunities for Local Communities

Costas Troulos wrote 1 year ago: Planned fiber network deployment in Wyoming enabled a local company to win a contract for teaching c … more →


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