This still resonates 14 years later, and it remains unfinished: youtube.com/watch?v=mPNJuH…

“The open-access model ensures the infrastructure remains community-owned, offering long-term control while fostering innovation and market competition." Congratulations Los Alamos County and Bonfire Infrastructure Group! 🎉 accesswire.com/953018/untitle…

ICYMI: Community Networks released a piece highlighting why Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s latest paper is a "lazy, industry-backed smear" of public broadband ⬇️ communitynets.org/content/innova…

Milestone alert! 🙌 Longmont, CO’s NextLight Network now serves 28,000 subscribers! "We’re delighted to see that so many in the community have chosen to make NextLight their choice for internet service, and we keep welcoming more." Via @muninetworks: communitynetworks.org/content/longmo…

Why is the UK kicking our butt? Because they adopted pro-competitive telecom policies that the US abandoned in 2002.

Public broadband advocate and community organizer Jennifer Redman met with staff in Congresswoman Maxine Dexter's office to discuss Community Broadband PDX's work to create a public broadband infrastructure option for all Portlanders. Nothing like an AAPB Hill Day! 🏛️ #CommunityFirst25

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wweek.com/news/county/20… ... I understand they also have BOOKS at the library! Information is DANGEROUS. BEWARE!

Still singing the same song today: vimeo.com/33266284

What would internet access look like if it wasn't controlled by megacorps, but by YOU. Publicly-owned infrastructure isn't new and it doesn't have to stay a dream in Portland. Come out and chat with other people fed up with the status quo: cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/…

OregonDEQ hey, can we get some information on the smoke plume apparently extending from the Vancouver metal shredding fire, noxious smells, noticed it shortly before 10pm, continuing presently.

Community Broadband PDX is having another in-person meetup tomorrow evening at the Holgate Branch library, starting at about 5pm: calagator.org/events/1250482…

In June 2003, our founder gave a nice inspirational farewell speech as he was about to go off to a different life in a country over the seas: personaltelco.net/~russell/ptp-m…

NodeEcotrust is back online as of early this afternoon, after an outage that started January 20. Enjoy!

Community Broadband PDX is having another in-person meetup on March 10, 5:30pm at the Woodstock Branch Library: calagator.org/events/1250482… See you there!