Gigabit Nation

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Craig Settles and guests discuss business strategies for putting broadband networks into place, as well as policy issues that affect community broadband. Gigabit Nation’s mission is threefold: 1) inform listeners how to get meaningful broadband into communities everywhere, 2) help communities increase broadband adoption and 3) provide a vehicle for people to work together – and with organizations – to get broadband done.

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How Do You Create $7 Billion Worth of Broadband Innovation?

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Wed, Jun 6, 2012 04:00PM UTC

$7 billion later its a good time to ask, are we going to see world-stopping innovation? After all, innovation is one of the cool byproducts all of these investments in broadband are supposed to produce. Explore what innovation... more

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On-Demand Episodes

The Great Thing about Marketing Is....It works!

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on Mon, Jun 4, 2012 06:00PM UTC

Bristol, VAs public utility-owned broadband net (BVU Optinet) is one of the earliest and more frequently acknowledged community network success story. Effective and creative marketing put BVUs Internet services on the map. Kyle... more

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The Philadelphia Story: The broadband adoption chapter

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on Thu, May 31, 2012 06:00PM UTC

Is the goal of broadband adoption getting more people to use the technology, or getting them to use it more effectively? Today we try to answer this question. Philadelphia faces a daunting challenge. 41% of the citys 1.5 million residents... more

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$200 Million Broadband Investment Fund Queued Up

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on Thu, May 24, 2012 05:00PM UTC

Yesterday, at the SHLB Coalition’s conference, Gig.U and Gigabit Squared announced the nation’s first gigabit network deployment fund. Get the details today with our guest, Mark Ansboury, CEO of Gigabit Squared.... more

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Economic Development and Broadband from the Inside Out

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on Mon, May 14, 2012 04:30PM UTC

Get more economic bang for your broadband buck. Paul Niedzwiecki, Ex. Dir. of the Cape Cod Commission, and Alan Davis, President and CEO of CapeNet join us live at SmarterCape Summit to discuss why it pays to take care of the... more

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Building a Foundation for Broadband and Economic Development

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on Mon, Jan 9, 2012 07:00PM UTC

Last week we explored the value of creating co-ops and nonprofit organizations to make broadband deployment more affordable and beneficial for constituents. Todays interview presents a third option for better broadband, community... more

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Co-ops - Broadband's Way Forward in 2012?

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on Thu, Jan 5, 2012 07:00PM UTC

When all else fails, do it yourself. This pretty much sums up the popularity and the effectiveness of community cooperatives (co-ops) in bringing broadband to rural and small-town America. Communities that big incumbents have... more

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1 Gig to San Francisco and It Only Costs $70?

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on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 07:00PM UTC

Sonic.net started a buzz several months ago when they announced they are selling 1 gigabit broadband service to the home for $70 a month. If this small provider can do it in rural California, why not in the big city, you ask? Sonic.net... more

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On the 12 Days of Broadband, My True Net Gave to Me

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on Fri, Dec 16, 2011 07:00PM UTC

Learn how this N. Carolina nonprofit is driving a major broadband stimulus project, the Golden Leaf Rural Broadband Initiative. As they finish round 1, the 12 Days of Broadband Campaign highlights some of the innovations that... more

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On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin to Better Broadband

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on Thu, Dec 15, 2011 08:00PM UTC

Project teams and stakeholders responsible for regional and statewide broadband projects can learn a lot of valuable lessons from the fighting Badgers of the University of Wisconsin, and their private partner Packerland Broadband. The... more

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FCC Commissioner Copps Reflects on Broadband in U.S.

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on Wed, Dec 7, 2011 07:30PM UTC

What lies in store for community broadband as one of the main FCC champions of the public interest and non-traditional stakeholders retires this month? Commissioner Michael Copps is moving on after dedicating over 10 years... more

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