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

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Consider Gainesville, FL an epicenter of innovation that drives economic development. Gig.U is helping raise their innovation to a new level. Learn how to develop a similar epicenter in your community. Ted Kellermann, Director of... more
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Faced with too many people paying too much for too little broadband, the Australian government decided the infrastructure was too important to the public to be left vulnerable to market forces alone. So they are building a national... more
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This story of broadband-driven economic development is inspiring. Around 2003, Danville, VA faced pretty bleak economic conditions, including huge unemployment. As tobacco farming died out in the state, towns were shrinking... more
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Today, President Obama issues an Executive Order to significantly streamline the deployment of conduit, a key element of broadband infrastructure. This is expected to reduce 90% of the cost of putting fiber in the ground. The White... more
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Your community could be missing a great opportunity. One of the best kept secrets is the FCC's eRate program. Established as part of a fund that every person who pays a phone bill contributes to, eRate provides money to schools... more
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This week the Intelligent Communities Forum selects the world's Intelligent Community of the Year at their annual conference. ICF showcases the innovative use of information and communications tech to build prosperous, inclusive and... more
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$7 billion later it's 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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Bristol, VA's 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 BVU's Internet services on the map. Kyle... more
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NOTE: The audio glitch you hear is with the host only. Our guest's audio is perfectly clear. 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... more
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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. Under this $200... more
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