CLIC Strongly Rebukes FCC BDAC Process and Outcome

Dramatically Undercuts Local Governments Ability to Improve and Accelerate National Broadband Access In a strongly worded letter submitted on April 12, 2018, CLIC has communicated to the FCC its deep concerns regarding the selection process and associated restrictive outcomes of its Broadband Deployment Advisory Council (BDAC). As CLIC states: “The Commission’s startling failure to include […]

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Join CLIC in Austin to learn how broadband is MAGIC for economic development

Join us on April 30 in Austin as CLIC hosts local community officials for a half-day of discussion on “the Vital Role of Local Internet Choice.” One session will offer an in-depth look at how the small Maryland city of Westminster has successfully built and utilized community fiber-to-the-premises. Westminster has built and owns the fiber network all […]

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Join CLIC in Austin April 30 to hear Local Community Broadband Success Stories

Come to CLIC in Austin on April 30 to discuss The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice on the first day of the 2018 Broadband Communities Summit. Hear stories of community broadband successes from North Carolina to Detroit, and take them home to refute the false narratives about community broadband efforts being peddled in D.C. and in various state legislatures. […]

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Come to CLIC @BBC-Austin April 30 to Discuss “The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice”

What better place to talk about how vital “Local” is than in the uniquely local community of Austin, Texas. Come join us on Monday, April 30, in Austin, for CLIC’s important strategy session on “The Vital Role of Local Internet Choice,” at the foot of the Broadband Communities’ conference: “Fiber: Putting Your Gigs to Work.” […]

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CLIC-Colorado Uses Video to Teach Legislators the Value of Local Net Choice

Here is a great example of how to use video to teach your state legislators why local communities need local internet choice. CLIC’s Colorado Chapter, CCUA, produced this short video to put their message in a nutshell. They utilized real-life stories from small businesses, schools and healthcare providers to emphasize the message that access to […]

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CLIC CEO offers “A Better Game Plan” to Close the Digital Divide: Testifies on Capitol Hill

Background: On January 30, 2018, CLIC CEO, Joanne Hovis, testified at a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications & Technology, Chaired by Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) on the topic of “Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions. Twenty-five bills were to be considered. A video of the proceeding can be found here. We […]

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CLIC CEO TO TESTIFY ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY: WILL OFFER “A BETTER GAME PLAN” TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Joanne Hovis, CLIC’s CEO and owner of CTC Technology and Energy, will be testifying at the House Energy & Commerce Communications & Technology Subcommittee tomorrow during a hearing titled “ Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions.” During her testimony, Joanne will be offering “a better game plan,” one whose strategies “address the core reason […]

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Why CLIC-NC? Because NC Hearts Gigabit

There was a buzz at the Broadband Communities’ recent Atlanta conference earlier this month, and part of that circled around a new grassroots group whose founders were present and speaking about their new educational project, NC Hearts Gigabit.  Formed as a project of CLIC-NC, the North Carolina chapter of CLIC, NC Hearts Gigabit will serve […]

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Our Way Forward

What Is Local Internet Choice? The traditional model of broadband deployment, where private-sector investment flows to the areas that produce the highest returns, has worked in some parts of the country, but it has also left many communities without competitive options for broadband services and in some cases without any option at all.  This “connectivity […]

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See you at #CLIC-Atlanta tomorrow-1pm!

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, November 7th at 1p.m. in Atlanta at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport hotel for our pre-conference event, #CLIC-Atlanta,  “ An Action Plan for Local Internet Choice for 2017 and Beyond.” During this intense half day, we will focus on how to overcome barriers that impede the development of advanced […]

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