Connect This!

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Angela Siefer (National Digital Inclusion Alliance) to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Topics include: * Charter and Cox announce agreement to merge [https://www.youtube.com/live/lf61q37S82I?si=Zkqhbd5XV298gBMb&t=198], unseating Comcast as the largest cable provider in the United States * What the public-funds match for Starlink should be [https://www.youtube.com/live/lf61q37S82I?si=g3So27ZMHXSt8L08&t=1013], when BEAD moves forward. * Funding for hot spots [https://www.youtube.com/live/lf61q37S82I?si=YE-Hdgl4_C-Qntq4&t=1951] – a core digital equity tool that grew to new importance under the pandemic – is under threat. * Trump’s announcement that he was ending the Digital Equity Act [https://www.youtube.com/live/lf61q37S82I?si=8A43mTdzSQtDHzje&t=2650], and the significant impact it will have if the order holds. Join us live on May 16th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at broadband@communitynets.org [broadband@communitynets.org] with feedback and ideas for the show. Subscribe to the show using this feed [http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectthis] or find it on the Connect This! page [https://connectthisshow.com/], and watch on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/community-broadband-networks/], on YouTube Live [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDYYbob9LLLtQSoSF5LjlQ], on Facebook live, [https://www.facebook.com/localselfreliance/] or below.

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) to talk about all the recent broadband news that’s fit to print. Topics include: * The first launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper Low-Earth Orbit Internet access satellite constellation [https://www.youtube.com/live/817H7cVGvmU?si=yLBb0G1E3BOLcgHx&t=731] * The FCC losing (or maybe not?) its ability to levy fines [https://www.youtube.com/live/817H7cVGvmU?si=-OtBFlu1RZCZSAl3&t=1078] * The importance of getting construction right [https://www.youtube.com/live/817H7cVGvmU?si=Uv3EXWDYW1kttrBs&t=1209] * Fixing urban cell phone coverage [https://www.youtube.com/live/817H7cVGvmU?si=exzMbCeRDrN3B2-b&t=1684] * Kentucky Wired lawsuit between state-owned network and its operational partner [https://www.youtube.com/live/817H7cVGvmU?si=qp1oQO9amdFZ5iGW&t=2811] Join us live on May 2nd at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at broadband@communitynets.org [broadband@communitynets.org] with feedback and ideas for the show. Subscribe to the show using this feed [http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectthis] or find it on the Connect This! page [https://connectthisshow.com/], and watch on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/community-broadband-networks/], on YouTube Live [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDYYbob9LLLtQSoSF5LjlQ], on Facebook live, [https://www.facebook.com/localselfreliance/] or below.

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) and special guest Shane Eleniak (Calix) to talk about: * Comcast’s new five-year price lock [https://www.youtube.com/live/ZVaG7mn__1M?si=PD3DE_6SNvx9AL4X&t=450] * A CNET pricing study that looks at the rising cost of access that hasn’t improved most household’s reliability [https://www.youtube.com/live/ZVaG7mn__1M?si=6UDcbLhpjeQjDa9B&t=626] * The milestones that Utah-based municipal network UTOPIA Fiber hit in 2024 [https://www.youtube.com/live/ZVaG7mn__1M?si=0fgGOcTuoGRYXs8Y&t=1236] * The future of Passive Optical Networks, and where we go after XGS PON [https://www.youtube.com/live/ZVaG7mn__1M?si=NnVW59CiJS9QybSn&t=1865] Join us live on April 18th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at broadband@communitynets.org [broadband@communitynets.org] with feedback and ideas for the show. Subscribe to the show using this feed [http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectthis] or find it on the Connect This! page [https://connectthisshow.com/], and watch on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/community-broadband-networks/], on YouTube Live [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDYYbob9LLLtQSoSF5LjlQ], on Facebook live, [https://www.facebook.com/localselfreliance/] or below.

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) with special guest Blair Levin (New Street Research) to talk about states asking the federal government for defaulted RDOF funds back, the Arielle Roth hearing, the future of the USF, and more. Topics include: * Achieving Internet for All takes time [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=BtqfG1MFSE0sJFvu&t=337] * What we learned from the Arielle Roth hearing [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=II3QuSvFI2CR_QrG&t=1260] * The future of the Universal Service Fund in an LEO World [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=xPQ9It2CH2-kzdb3&t=1953] * States want their defaulted Rural Digital Opportunity Fund back [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=KFEXk0ehryulwk_W&t=2921] * AT&T to buy Lumen? [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=4t2j30XREiPlviM4&t=3055] * Dig-Once Challenges [https://www.youtube.com/live/6Y3wMzOvCTA?si=wUiVGc6vwthx9ahu&t=3626] Join us live on March 28th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at broadband@communitynets.org [broadband@communitynets.org] with feedback and ideas for the show. Subscribe to the show using this feed [http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectthis] or find it on the Connect This! page [https://connectthisshow.com/], and watch on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/community-broadband-networks/], on YouTube Live [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDYYbob9LLLtQSoSF5LjlQ], on Facebook live, [https://www.facebook.com/localselfreliance/] or below.

Catch the latest episode of the Connect This! Show, with co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (TAK Broadband) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting) to talk about a grab-bag of topics including: * The revolving door of government [https://www.youtube.com/live/zVBzzWYL8sc?si=6pd0eNEHynWxrq38&t=309] * BEAD’s grant tax [https://www.youtube.com/live/zVBzzWYL8sc?si=ydRytb1Q7T7dzJZO&t=908] * Ted Cruz going after hotspots [https://www.youtube.com/live/zVBzzWYL8sc?si=ArIcbK6KCYfiO3rS&t=1410] * Minnesota’s broadband workforce law [https://www.youtube.com/live/-fg6tFcCt1E?si=XVZh1YMXzSLJmMR1&t=1666] * Who will care about the federal broadband maps after BEAD? [https://www.youtube.com/live/-fg6tFcCt1E?si=QZrqSLpIMaScJbq-&t=2498] Join us live on March 14th at 2pm ET, or listen afterwards wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at broadband@communitynets.org [broadband@communitynets.org] with feedback and ideas for the show. Subscribe to the show using this feed [http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectthis] or find it on the Connect This! page [https://connectthisshow.com/], and watch on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/community-broadband-networks/], on YouTube Live [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDYYbob9LLLtQSoSF5LjlQ], on Facebook live, [https://www.facebook.com/localselfreliance/] or below.