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At #ConnectedAmerica where @FCC is taking a victory lap on their mapping debacle.
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Residents of neighborhoods offered the worst internet deals aren’t just being ripped off; they’re denied the ability to participate in remote learning, well-paying remote jobs and even family connection and recreation — ubiquitous elements of modern life. st.news/3D6JGGv
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Capitalism is the march towards monopoly. Why literally a handful of private corporations control every industry and act like cartels. They hate competition.
Now imagine public competitor(s) that provide energy, housing, meds, internet, etc, Market forces screw the corps!
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Grassroots advocacy work is difficult, especially when it involves directly lobbying officials which takes time to build relationships, trust and build power and trust with like-minded organizations to show a big coalition is behind community / public broadband.
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What is risky is for every level of our government to continue to pour public dollars into corporate monopolies that have failed consumers over and over and over again, and who also use their profits to influence elections and electeds.
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We have a majority of electeds at the local level who say that a public broadband option is something they would support. This is a popular issue with voters. Yes it is expensive, but don't believe the corporate propaganda that it is "risky" for a government to take on broadband.
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We helped pass state legislation, made an internet access zine that Seattle Public Libraries found useful, we helped educate electeds and other leaders about public broadband, we convened important conversations among various experts. What's next?
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Thanks so much to who brought so much hope and energy to our working group.
We can't wait to see what happens in the City of Cambridge next.
An inspiration for #KingCounty
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Upgrade King County thanks for all you've done, too!
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THURSDAY!
Awesome chance to hear from about Municipal Broadband in Cambridge and to hear two other great guest speakers and learn about what wants to see in King County, WA.
reach out for info for this meeting
6/30 pm May 19th!
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The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last November to move forward with plans both to back subsidies for lower income people and build their own system.
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We were happy to host a fundraiser last week for . We are an all volunteer group that gets some staffing support from for 501c4 political work and for 501c3 education work. This fundraiser was supported by the Action Fund.
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Please mention that you want municipal broadband and follow
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The #OneSeattlePlan will guide where and how the city grows over the next 20 years and will guide investments in our community to meet current and future needs.
Let us know your thoughts by participating in our survey: bit.ly/3hV4vu1.
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The budget bill provides "grant funding to municipalities, state and local authorities … to plan and construct infrastructure necessary to provide broadband services.”
May 19th meeting
6:30 pm PST
Guest Speaker:
Councilor Burhan Azeem
Cambridge, MA
We will learn about efforts to move towards public broadband options and discuss next steps for &
Link to register will be posted next week.
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I’m doing a study tour in Germany this week with , learning how local governments operate in a different country. I’ll share any new perspectives I gain w you! One interesting lesson I learned from a local Mayor at this lunch is on #PublicBroadband. 1/
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We are hosting a big fun party on April 28th for
Tickets here!
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You must get a free ticket to attend.
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How should King County get to full public broadband? What’s a realistic timeline? What funding mechanism should we use? Will take this issue very seriously and ask for a full feasibility study? Would support a study with grants?
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SEATTLE -- please mention PUBLIC BROADBAND in this survey about how we should grow over the next 20 years.
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The #OneSeattlePlan will guide where and how the city grows over the next 20 years and will guide investments in our community to meet current and future needs.
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"Taking advantage of a recent state law change, Jefferson County’s public utility district plans to be the first of Washington’s 28 PUDs to offer public retail broadband service."
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there are people who have built entire careers on downplaying the problems with broadband monopolization
you'll be surprised to learn their analysis usually isn't very rigorous
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We love city-county municipal broadband collaboration!
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Hey if you want to here frustratingly good news from around the country about all the places who are getting a path to public broadband before Seattle & King County please follow @upgradeseattle who came before us and we stole our name from!
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The Boston City Council agreed today to look at creating a public broadband utility, saying events of the past couple of years have proved internet is a necessity that has gone unfulfilled by the private sector.
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Congrats to residents of Fort Dodge, Iowa, who are gaining access to their own public internet utility!
The utility will bring fiber optic cable to every address in the city after voters approved a Nov. 2019 referendum.
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The Hawaii Senate has introduced a bill that would allow any electric utility to provide internet access. If only...
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The city of Tucson, Arizona, launched a free wireless network to bring broadband to students in homes without broadband.
Incumbent cable monopoly, Cox Communications, fought and lost against the city-provided broadband
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Yep.
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This heartbreaking feature showcases how horribly incumbent telecoms have served our state. And how completely disconnected they are from the problem.
Real "Let them eat cake" energy.
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/w
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City of Federal Way moves forward on municipal broadband, citing "a need for affordable broadband that can handle the internet demands of a modern household.”
"Comcast does not provide adequate speeds for many households."
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Jasper, TX will have a public internet utility before Seattle, but who's counting?
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District 3 residents! Rightwing business interests (cough Comcast) are trying to recall - one of the strongest proponents of municipal broadband Seattle has ever had.
You should have your ballots now, vote no on the recall by Dec. 7th!
upgradeseattle.com/what-we-do
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When he first signed up, internet cost him $30 per month. It's now $80. Other bills haven't gone up as drastically.
He said municipal broadband would bring with it the control over pricing that would allow poorer residents to have internet at home.
City of Portland is hiring a Community Broadband Planner is to lead broadband infrastructure planning & deployment strategies: governmentjobs.com/careers/portla
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