Community Broadband Bits Podcast

Community Broadband Bits Podcast


Latest Episodes

Cities Doing Work – Episode 519 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
September 13, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by ILSR colleagues Sean Gonsalves (Senior Editor and Communications Team Lead) and DeAnne Cuellar (Outreach Team Lead) for a roundup of recent news. The

Building at the Speed of Light in Pharr, Texas – Episode 518 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
September 06, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by two people from Pharr, Texas (pop. 80,000), which has embarked on a citywide fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network build that is seeing strong local suppo

The Straight Talk About Rural Fiber Deployments – Episode 517 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
August 30, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Joseph Franell, President of Blue Mountain Networks (which serves more than 30 rural communities west of Portland) in Oregon. Joe joined the team at

Short Update – Community Broadband Bits Podcast
August 23, 2022

A quick update from Christopher on upcoming episodes of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. Transcript coming soon. We want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please e-mail us or leave a com

Mapping, BEAD, and the Future of Broadband – Episode 516 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
August 16, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Jon Chambers, industry veteran and partner at Conexon. The two begin by talking about the work electric cooperatives are doing in rural areas to conv

The Birth of the Texas State Broadband Development Office – Episode 515 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
August 09, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Greg Conte, Director of the Texas Broadband Development Office, and ILSR Outreach Team Lead DeAnne Cuellar. The state of Texas finds itself in a comm

Campaigns to Keep Monopolies We Don’t Love – Episode 514 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
August 02, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Sean Gonsalves, Senior Reporter and Editor at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. During the converstion, they talk about the value and concrete r

The New FCC Broadband Fabric – Episode 513 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
July 19, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Mike Conlow, Director of Network Strategy at Cloudflare, a network security and Internet performance company. Christopher and Mike dive into the upco

Should the BEAD Program Be As Onerous As It Seems? – Episode 512 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
July 12, 2022

This week’s podcast comes from the Fiber Connect 2022 conference held in Nashville, Tennessee last month where Christopher caught up with Heather Mills, Vice President for Grants and Funding Strategie

Frameworks for the Future in Newark – Episode 511 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
June 30, 2022

This week on the podcast, Christopher is joined by Seth Wainer, the former CIO of the city of Newark, New Jersey. During the conversation, Seth shares his time with the city from 2013-2018. He talks a