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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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Despite billions spent so far on broadband, are communities fully prepared to make libraries the literal and virtual backbone of their broadband strategies? Rich and poor, young and old, rural and urban, most people use a library.... more
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Washington policymakers are making a big deal about the valuable role wireless will play in getting broadband to unserved and underserved communities. But are you and D.C. talking about the same wireless? Before Gigabit Nation host... more
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Overcoming a fitful start, a reorganized and reinvigorated UTOPIA has made strides strides forward. New cities are continually buying onto the network to enable affordable broadband for their constituents, businesses and residents are... more
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This past August, Craig Settles conducted a national survey of economic development professionals to get their feedback on how broadband can impact local economies. Today he presents the findings from this research. There... more
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Community-run networks are on the leading edge of broadband deployment in the U.S. These networks serve cities and counties where incumbent telcos won't go. They deliver speeds and quality of service incumbents can't or won't... more
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Listeners learn some of the secrets of designing and executing a statewide broadband plan. Maine's broadband stimulus-funded project has cleared initial hurdles and is moving forward. Driven by the Maine Fiber Company (MFC), the... more
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The FCC is knee-deep in Universal Service Fund (USF) reform and other key issues that are influencing broadband expansion and adoption in the U.S. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is our guest this week, helping listeners better... more
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For several years Riverside, CA has tackled digital inclusion and literacy with impressive successes through aggressive use of its citywide wireless network. Through partnerships with various nonprofits and government agencies,... more
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One challenge of statewide adoption programs is herding the necessary cats to ensure communities get programs and services to meet their specific broadband needs. Helen Labun Jordan, Project Director for the e-Vermont Community... more
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Ontario County built a $12 million countywide fiber network to provide county government with much needed broadband services. The network also spurs competition by providing an open access network on which multiple providers... more
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