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Internet access touches almost every aspect of our daily lives. At CommunityNetworks.org, we have assembled the nation's largest storehouse of information on communities building publicly-owned networks directly accountable to the communities they serve.

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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Surveillance backlash is bipartisan On the latest Unbuffered podcast, reporter Daniel Boguslaw talks to host @sportshotchris.bsky.social about why the fight against Flock is just the tip of the iceberg in a bigger reckoning over surveillance 👀 Full episode at link below: youtu.be/6e-m8zeR7i0?...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
FCC broadband data is notoriously messy — so ILSR is launching the Broadband Data and Policy Forum, a free community for researchers, analysts & policy wonks to compare notes & troubleshoot Join our first virtual meeting on Sept 9 at 3pm ET More info here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/ilsr...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Fiber connectivity isn't just about the most common reasons for getting online It's also about resiliency in the face of natural disasters New Mexico-based Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative is stepping up #CommunityNetworks Our story at link below ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/pena...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
⌛The countdown to our next Building for Digital Equity livestream is at t-minus 1 hour⌛ Not too late to grab a virtual seat! Click the link to register sites.google.com/ilsr.org/b4d...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
⚡Attn Digital Equity Advocates⚡ Consider this your invitation to tomorrow's Building for Digital Equity livestream at 3pm ET Registration link here ⬇️ sites.google.com/ilsr.org/b4d...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🎉Community network ownership for the win 🎉 Oregon’s Coos-Curry Electric Co-op and its subsidiary Beacon Broadband completes the biggest fiber expansion project in the cooperative’s history Imagine getting symmetrical gig fiber service for just $85/month! communitynetworks.org/content/coos...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In Vermont, it's not just about wires and expanding high-speed Internet for online shopping and Netflix It's about things like privacy pods, telehealth and transforming the lives on residents - all with community-owned fiber networks Our story here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/beyo...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
⚡Our updated Tribal Networks Census is here!⚡ It's comprehensive look with an interactive map of Indian Country connectivity across 202 federally recognized Tribes Since 2020, the number of Tribally-owned/operated networks has doubled! Resource here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/trib...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yet another community harnessing state grant funds to build a targeted community-owned network to enable public housing residents to get free Internet service In Fresno, they just completed bldg a mesh wireless network for 350 residents Our story here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/fres...
A group of community leaders watches as public housing resident, a young woman, cutting through a red ribbon
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The annual Fiber Connect conference wraps up today An interesting data point emerged: independent ISPs, electric co-ops, and municipal networks together accounted for about 40 percent of all fiber deployment in 2025 Community-rooted operators 💪 Our story ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/nati...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
One of our new Unbuffered podcast segments... What the Tech? - a quick run-down of something amazing in tech news and/or something really foolish In this one, our own @seangon.bsky.social shares his moon joy, the value of space exploration & the life-altering NASA tech society has benefited from
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congressmembers Rob Menendez, Doris Matsui (CA-07), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), and Troy Carter, Sr. (LA-02) have introduced new legislation that would compel the FCC to re-establish the Communications Equity and Diversity Council communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Front entrance to the FCC building in Washington DC
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
We had a special Unbuffered podcast that looked at ICE in Minnesota While it touched it on some of the technologies used by the government and the community, it was really about the human networks involved You can watch the podcast in its entirety at this link youtu.be/Ar3SO89RESM?...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Yes, we often talk about infrastructure and policy But, at its essence, we're really talking about impact on real life people, embodied in our story about Belinda whose life was transformed by a laptop & low-cost Internet service Our story at link below ⬇️ 💻 📶 communitynetworks.org/content/cap-...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act, which the Trump admin abruptly "terminated" last year, remains in legal limbo Update at link below ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/cour...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Always a relevant and insightful discussion whenever we have @saschameinrath.bsky.social on our podcast
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
⚡Join us tomorrow at noon ⚡ And you can register here sites.google.com/ilsr.org/ils...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
⚡We've got a great line-up of folks who work on the front-lines of closing the digital divide in some of the most challenging spaces ⚡
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
⚡We've add new features and functionality to our Community Network Map to show more detail on where (and what) publicly owned networks are across the U.S. Today, we take a big step: adding Tribal networks serving their communities⚡ Link below ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/our-...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Will states get their "non-deployment" BEAD dollars to help tackle the nation's massive digital divide or will NTIA flout the law? Our story at link below in light of recent developments 🌐⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/ntia...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
⚡Join us today at noon ET for our free webinar with @aapbroadband.bsky.social and our special expert guests We'll have Sean Stokes and Casey Lide from Keller & Heckman exploring laws, risks & solutions shaping local broadband networks⚡ communitynetworks.org/content/aapb...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Yes, 2025 tested us Still, hope survives. Join our end of year Building for Digital Equity livestream to reflect, reset and gear up for a pivotal 2026 in the fight for universal broadband Details and registration at link below ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Municipal broadband continues to cook Fort Collins, Colorado’s popular Connexion municipal broadband network has unveiled SmartHome, a new network management app that helps subscribers better manage the security & bandwidth-consumption of their home networks communitynetworks.org/content/fort...
front entrance of Fort Collins Connexion office
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨 Webinar alert! 🚨 Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still Story w/registration link here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/webi...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Here is our first installment of an ongoing series we are calling Connected Complex It looks at how states, local communities, and ISPs are working to address the complex challenges involved in bringing high-speed Internet access to multi-dwelling units communitynetworks.org/content/mass...
grounds-eye view of old apartment building with old wiring snaking up the side of the building
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
How come most of us don't have a choice in choosing Internet service providers? Why is there is there so very little competition? The CBN team cuts right to quick in discussing it with @karlbode.com @sportshotchris.bsky.social @seangon.bsky.social and @jpittman.bsky.social 🌐📶💻 #LostPackets
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
If Internet access technologies were food and you were really hungry, what type of connectivity serves up the best meal? @sportshotchris.bsky.social and @seangon.bsky.social discuss (Apologies in advance to vegetarians😬) #LostPackets 🌐💻📶
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Community broadband continues to make strides! Our story here comes out of Syracuse NY where the city has expanded its municipally-owned network Surge Link to 9,200 low-income households, offering $15/month service for qualified households 👏👏👏 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/syra...
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh at a Launch Party for Surge Link in front of the Syracuse Northeast Community Center
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
While politics and uncertainty roil the national effort to expand broadband access, municipal broadband continues to wrack up wins Congrats to Dryden Fiber in Dryden NY who just signed their 400th subscriber Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/ny-s...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It was part of a discussion initiated by a previous one when CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social and CBN's Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social talked about a common misperception with Internet access .... And McDonald's #LostPackets 🌐💻
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Most agree that Internet access is essential But is it a "right?" ILSR's Community Broadband Network team director @sportshotchris.bsky.social Digital Opportunity Lead @jpittman.bsky.social and Comms Director/Senior Writer @seangon.bsky.social discuss #LostPackets 🌐💻
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Last week CA Assemblymember Tasha Boerner abruptly withdrew broadband affordability legislation she had sponsored. But what really killed the broadband affordability bill in California? We dive into the mystery and hope Boerner is wrong about the culprit 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/whod...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We don't know who needs to hear this but... It wasn't "charity" to bring electricity to every household in America It was about economic growth The same could be said for high speed Internet access, as CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social notes 🌐💻 #LostPackets #PluggedIn #BandwidthBuzz
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The CBN team (almost unanimously) believes the word "Internet" should ALWAYS be capitalized Here CBN director @sportshotchris.bsky.social makes the case for why What say you? #LostPackets #PluggedIn 🌐💻
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The Ugly Choice in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - Internet or Food for SNAP recipients?
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
From inaccurate broadband mapping and over-reliability on industry-provided coverage claims to inconsistent broadband definitions and patchwork federal oversight, a new Pew study examines decades of U.S. broadband policy and found plenty of room for improvement communitynetworks.org/content/pew-...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
On our latest podcast, Sascha Meinrath returns for a wide-ranging conversation on Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book "Abundance" Host @sportshotchris.bsky.social and Sascha discuss what the popular books gets right and wrong about broadband and public policy ⬇️ share.transistor.fm/s/c2663bd7
Cover of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson book: "Abundance: How We Build a Better Future"
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The next Tribal Broadband Bootcamp @tribal-bb-bootcamp.bsky.social is locked and loaded 💻🌐⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/broa...
Two members of the Pueblo of Jemez Tribal nation stand next to open tool box at Tribal Broadband Bootcamp
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Wi-Fi as we know it is under threat On our latest podcast @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by @haroldfeld.bsky.social and Michael Calabrese to explain how a Senate proposal could auction off critical spectrum, undermining innovation and everyday connectivity share.transistor.fm/s/eeed75b6
The word WiFi in black and white, crossed out with a line across the letters
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
With the Trump admin termination of the Digital Equity Act & major BEAD alterations, Maine's broadband office is hitting the road on a "Driving Connections" tour to tout work already done & to rally state & local leaders around what's next Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/driv...
MCA president Andrew Butcher sits in the back of his yellow Volkswagen van smiling at camera while his hands rest on his laptop
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
On our latest podcast, @sportshotchris.bsky.social is joined by David Zumwalt, President and CEO of WISPA, to sound the alarm on threats to shared spectrum, specifically CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) You can find that episode here 🌐💻⬇️ share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a981e
A wireless tower with an array of radio receivers at the top
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Trump administration changes to the $42.5 BEAD program are poised to introduce years of potential new delays to the already slow-moving program. It also happens to set up Musk's Starlink to potentially hoover up billions in subsidies Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/trum...
An electronic side along a highway reads: "Expect Delays"
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Oakland, CA unveils an ambitious plan to build a city-owned open access fiber network Once complete, it would be one of the largest publicly-owned open access networks serving a major metro area in the nation Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/oakl...
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Congressional Republicans are moving forward on a plan to kill a popular FCC E-rate program providing free Wi-Fi to schoolchildren Critics say it’s a “cruel” effort that will undermine work to bridge the affordability and access gap Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/crue...
Young African American girl works on her laptop outdoors using WiFi hotspot
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The Trump admin mission to destroy the Digital Equity Act that promised to fund digital skills training & broadband adoption programs across the US is seeing escalating pushback by frustrated lawmakers, state broadband offices & frontline orgs Our story here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/push...
A man holds a copy of the book "Constitutional Interpretation"
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Longmont, Colo proving once again that community-owned broadband networks are how communities can beat the big monopoly providers Not only by delivering better service but offering affordability to low-income households even w/o the ACP Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/long...
An elderly residents stops at street fair table of NextLight to speak with company rep
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
California's Last-Mile Federal Funding Account program has been smiling on community broadband Our Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst Jessica Auer created this new dashboard to help visualize the success of community-based broadband projects under the program 💻🌐⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/new-...
Welcome to California road sign
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Digital access advocates are reeling after the Trump administration announced the Digital Equity Act was being cancelled months after federal grants had already been awarded Our story of what's happening on the ground and what critics are missing here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/digi...
A veteran speaks with a government services rep seated at a desk
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Looking forward to partnering with @aapbroadband.bsky.social and leading broadband experts for the inaugural "Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day!" If you're in D.C. on May 14/15 or can make it: join us! 🌐⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/aapb...
A sunny day and people are walking near the National Monument with the U.S. Capitol Building background in background surrounded by bushy green trees
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Congratulations is in order for Vermont’s Otter Creek CUD 🎉 They've completed their ambitious fiber deployment, bringing affordable Internet access to 6,000 homes and businesses in the Rutland County region of the Green Mountain State! Our story here 🌐💻⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/verm...
Downtown Rutland VT with cars lined up parked on each side of the street in front of two story buildings on both sides of the street
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