Broadband and Telecommunications

Latest Broadband News - Archive
Broadband Deficiencies in Connecticut, View report by CTC on Broadband Deficiencies
August 24, 2015 - Hartford Courant: CTgig Project to Offer Statewide Internet Access Consumer Counsel Elin Katz said, "We've gotten an earful that prices were too high..."
Moving Toward a Gigabit State - OCC & New Haven Forum
5/3/15 TheDay: Op-Ed by Telecom Attorney Glenn Carberry
Bureaucracy, outdated regulations challenge broadband ‘railroad’
Read the full Op-Ed on broadband regulations at TheDay.com
NYTimes Editorial, “Look to the States on Broadband”
Read NYTimes Editorial: Governments pushing for faster Internet improvements
Broadband Communities Magazine, Jan-Feb 2015
Economic Development - Gigabits Across Connecticut
View Digital Issue: Broadband Communities Magazine or Download PDF: Gigabits Across Connecticut Report
At Least One State has a (Fiber) Backbone
April 7, 2015: Read "At Least One State has a Fiber Backbone" on Medium
Congress Scrutinizes F.C.C. Following Release of New Internet Rules
NY Times, March 17, 2015 Read NY Times article on FCC Internet Rules scrutiny
In Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide, @NPR Morning Edition
Listen to the NPR Story: Kansas City's Digital Divide
The FCC has changed the definition of broadband
The Verge, January 29, 2015
Read The Verge: FCC updates broadband minimum to 25Mbps
DeLauro, Comptroller Lembo, and Counsel Katz on Gigabit Status
Read update on Connecticut's goal to become a gigabit state
GOP makes U-turn on net neutrality
Read more on the GOP Net Neutrality shift
1/13/15 - Responses due to the RFQ for statewide fiber network
Read Broadband Breakfast: Gigabit Networks RFQ Deadline details
Senator Beth Bye: It will be like having the first train station in the 1800s
Read Hartford Business article on Sen. Bye's broadband efforts
Chris Mitchell: The true story regarding municipal fiber
Watch Chris Mitchell explain Municipal Fiber on YouTube
Cable Companies Dismiss Gigabit Proposal
Greenwich News, December 26, 2014 Read Greenwich News article on Gigabit dismissal
Hartford Courant: 46 Connecticut Cities And Towns Join Project
Read Hartford Courant: 46 Towns join high-speed Internet initiative
Washington Post: Half of Connecticut says it wants fiber-optic Internet
Read Washington Post: Consumer demand for fiber-optic Internet
New Haven Register: 46 Connecticut towns back initiative
Read New Haven Register: 46 towns support ultra-fast Internet