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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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No matter how you tackle community broadband, every project becomes political at some point. Are you prepared? This past election saw the victory of two pro-municipal broadband ballot referendums, both in Colorado. These are as... more
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Go big or go home! That's the broadband gauntlet Los Angeles threw down in a big way last week. All eyes are turning to the West Coast to see what this bold entry means in the drive for Gigabit Cities. Angelenos are looking at a... more
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Across the U.S. an increasing number of public-owned electric and other utilities are building or planning to build highspeed Internet access networks. In many ways these entities are well suited for the task. Is yours? Curtis... more
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eRate, as envisioned when it was created in 1997, is a fund the FCC manages that helps public schools and libraries get discounted Internet services and computing devices. But has it done enough? Many, including FCC... more
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You know you have a winner when big telcos give your community network grief. UTOPIA, the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, is a 11-city fiber network that has become a clear winner despite incumbents' worst... more
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Many cities want to replicate the success of Chattanooga's gig network. But every community wanting to drive innovation should also replicate the success of Chattanooga's GIGTANK. This summer GIGTANK turned the entire city into a... more
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"The silent market" is a phrase some might use to describe machine-to-machine (M2M), which is the group of technologies that enables sensors, meters and a whole range of inanimate objects to communicate with each other. While... more
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Oregon has the highlest level of broadband adoption in the U.S. and the lowest percentage of unserved constituents. This did not happen by accident, but through deliberate policymaking that reach to the highest level of state government.... more
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One antidote to corporate network TV news and brain-numbing programming may be community-owned TV that is driven by gigabit networks. Explore how the power of new video production tools, social networks and superfast Internet... more
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As the pace of network buildouts increases, communities sooner or later must face the reality that these networks succeed or fail largely on the strength of broadband adoption, a.k.a. marketing and sales. Either you have enough... more
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