CLIC is excited to announce the addition of John M. Eger to our Board of Advisors. Professor Eger currently serves as the Director of the Creative Economy Initiative at San Diego State University, while also serving as the Lionel Van Deerlin Endowed Chair of Communications and Public Policy. Other positions for which he is well known include being President of the Smart Communities Foundation,…
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FCC Grants Chattanooga & Wilson Petitions!
Today the Federal Communications Commission granted the petitions of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Wilson, North Carolina, giving the municipally-owned broadband providers in those communities the freedom to provide high-speed internet service beyond their city limits. The Coalition for Local Internet Choice believes that local leaders should be empowered to make decisions about their communi…
read moreNORTH CAROLINA’S NEWS & OBSERVER SUPPORTS LOCAL INTERNET CHOICE
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 describes a possible FCC de…
read moreISPs Support Local Internet Choice
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 sha…
read moreWilson Greenlight Uploads its Broadband Experience to the Country
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 information producers, not just information …
read moreA Storm of Support for Local Internet Choice
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, responding to FCC…
read moreFCC Chairman Wheeler Gives Communities Big Nod
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 r…
read moreState of the Union: President Obama Supports Competitive, 21st Century Internet infrastructure
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 …
read moreCLIC Adds Three More Tech Luminaries to Board of Advisors
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 pleased to a…
read moreCLIC Applauds President Obama’s Support for Local Net Choice
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 he will formally support the rights of c…
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