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NORTH CAROLINA’S NEWS & OBSERVER SUPPORTS LOCAL INTERNET CHOICE

February 23, 2015

A strong endorsement for local internet choice came out of North Carolina yesterday from one of the state’s leading media outlets, a newspaper especially well-known in the hi-tech corridor of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Titled “The FCC Should Topple NC Limits on Public Internet Networks,” the editorial team at the Raleigh-based News & Observer […]

ISPs Support Local Internet Choice

February 19, 2015

What do GOOGLE, Ting Internet, Ting Wireless, Allied Fiber, Forethought, Great Works Internet, Hiawatha Broadband, ITV-3, LastMile Broadband, LLC, MetroNet, OneCommunity, PEG Bandwidth, SumoFiber.com and Xmission have in common? They are all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who support the position that local communities deserve the right to decide their own broadband futures, in whatever shape […]

Wilson Greenlight Uploads its Broadband Experience to the Country

February 16, 2015

When asked why it filed its recent petition with the FCC, Wilson Greenlight staff responded that it was in part to participate in a larger national discussion on the critical role fiber infrastructure plays in our country’s ability to compete. In this global knowledge economy, to be competitive means inventing, innovating, in other words, becoming […]

A Storm of Support for Local Internet Choice

February 3, 2015

Yesterday, at noon ET, over 150 organizations, individuals and companies who supported local internet choice participated in our Thunderclap, a digital flashmob. They each donated their social status (on Twitter and Facebook) to say, with one voice, that communities matter and should be able to choose their own broadband destiny. Thanks to everyone who supported! Also, […]

FCC Chairman Wheeler Gives Communities Big Nod

February 2, 2015

The Washington Post is reporting that today Chairman Wheeler will circulate a decision to his colleagues at the Federal Communications Commission that will address state laws that block competitive, community-led broadband deployments. CLIC applauds Chairman Wheeler for his leadership and recognition that local communities play an integral role in ensuring broadband competition for their residents. This […]

State of the Union: President Obama Supports Competitive, 21st Century Internet infrastructure

January 21, 2015

It’s a settled principle: better broadband builds better communities. The individuals, entrepreneurs, companies and organizations that make up CLIC applaud President Obama’s commitment to the fastest, most globally competitive internet infrastructure possible. We look forward to working with the President – and communities around the country — to support this goal. As the President noted […]

CLIC Adds Three More Tech Luminaries to Board of Advisors

January 20, 2015

As President Obama made clear last week, and as communities across the country already know, access to affordable, fast broadband is essential for building livable, future-focused communities. CLIC represents a group of people, entrepreneurs, companies, organizations and communities that believe all communities should be able to get these networks for their residents. Today, we are […]

CLIC Applauds President Obama’s Support for Local Net Choice

January 14, 2015

Today, President Obama will announce steps he will discuss in the State of the Union to help more Americans, in more communities around the country, get access to fast and affordable broadband. The hundreds of communities, companies, and private citizens that make up the Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) applaud the President’s announcement that […]

CLIC Statement on Proposed Broadband Barrier in Missouri

January 12, 2015

The state of Missouri is the latest legislature to attempt to erect barriers to the deployment of broadband networks that are critical to the future of its local economies and the nation, via House Bill 437. High-bandwidth communications networks are the electricity of the 21st century and no community should be stymied or hampered in […]

Economic Development: The “Killer App” for Local Fiber Networks

January 8, 2015

We mentioned in yesterday’s blog why one of the “2014 Worst Policy Ideas” listed by Wonkblog included “Blocking Cities from Selling Their Own Internet.” Check out this recent article co-authored by CLIC and Broadband Communities, for another piece of the “why?” “Economic Development: The Killer App for Local Fiber Networks.” It provides an extensive analysis […]

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