Dear Supporters of Local Internet Choice: In the wake of the election, our friend Mark Erickson of RS Fiber in Minnesota shared with us some of his thoughts about how, even in a partisan community in a partisan time, the issue of local broadband transcends partisanship. This is exactly what CLIC has been stressing for […]
Yesterday in Minneapolis, CLIC awarded Gigi Sohn, Counselor to FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, the 2016 Local Internet Choice National Champion award. What follows are Ms. Sohn’s keynote luncheon remarks following that award, on the topic of the Future of Local Internet Choice: Thank you, Jim and Joanne. It’s great to be here with all of […]
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CLIC is proud to announce that Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will be speaking at our CLIC Day event on October 18, 2016, in Minneapolis. Senator Klobuchar has been deeply involved in efforts to improve the broadband status of citizens throughout the country for years, and is well-known for her efforts to connect the rural areas […]
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Please join us in Minneapolis next week for a day-long seminar on An Action Plan for Local Internet Choice in 2017 and Beyond. This one-of-a-kind event will bring together a broad coalition of public and private sector representatives who believe that the best interests of the United States are served when localities can work on […]
The Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) today announced Gigi Sohn, Counselor to FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, as the recipient of CLIC’s 2016 National Champion for Local Internet Choice award. Ms. Sohn is receiving this award for her outstanding and tireless work in multiple FCC proceedings to advance local Internet choice for the benefit of […]
Listen to this great interview by the Institute for Local Self Reliance of one of Pinetops’ Town Commissioners, Suzanne Coker-Craig, who is forced to watch her rural Gigabit town be disconnected from Wilson Greenlight internet service because of North Carolina’s anti-competitive state law (commonly known as H129). Said Coker-Craig: “This is a situation where Pinetops […]
The Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) today announced the recipients of CLIC’s 2016 Local Internet Choice Awards. CLIC established its national awards to honor individuals and organizations for their extraordinary contributions to the preservation and protection of local decision-making in critical broadband infrastructure matters. These awardees will be honored during CLIC’s luncheon event on […]
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In what is being described as a backwards step for North Carolina, a state law commonly known as H129 (S.L. 2011-84), now will have the effect of turning off 21st century Gigabit Internet service to a small, rural town called Pinetops. Last night, members of the Wilson City Council expressed their deep regrets as they […]
In CLIC’s August 30 blog, we described the battle for local Internet choice in North Carolina, and the New York Times heartrending account of the families and businesses that may lose access to gigabit services from the city of Wilson’s renowned Greenlight network as the result of the Sixth Circuit decision. That decision reversed the […]
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In an effort to “preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services,” Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today introduced the Community Broadband Act of 2016 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The text of the bill can be found here. The […]