web theory Kentucky's governor insisted that investment bankers could provide broadband. He was wrong. Cory Doctorow
kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow
facebook FCC grants Facebook-owned PointView Tech permit for experimental millimeter-wave CubeSat for satellite internet Xeni Jardin
late stage capitalism Telcoms lobbyists have convinced 26 states to ban or restrict municipal broadband Cory Doctorow
net neutrality Ajit Pai has been touting new broadband investment after he murdered Net Neutrality, but he's been relying on impossible data from a company called Barrierfree Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Electrification 2.0: Rural broadband co-ops are filling the void left by indifferent monopolists Cory Doctorow
web theory The market failed rural kids: poor rural broadband has created a "homework gap" Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Now that telcos have "abandoned rural America," the only broadband comes from cable monopolies Cory Doctorow
corruption Despite the FCC, more than 750 predominantly conservative US communities have built their own publicly owned ISPs Cory Doctorow
net neutrality Documenting the laughable lies the FCC told at the hearing where it killed Net Neutrality Cory Doctorow
gop After North Carolina Republicans banned cities selling internet, a town decided to give it away instead Cory Doctorow