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Salisbury's Neighbors to State Legislature: Don't Kill Our Fibrant Dreams
Time Warner Cable's bill to kill competition by limiting the right of communities to build their own broadband networks will have a committee hearing this week in North Carolina's Senate. Stop the Cap!...
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New Year, Same Lame Cable and DSL Monopolies
It's a new year, but most of us are still stuck with the same old DSL and cable monopolies. Though many communities have built their own networks to create competition and numerous other benefits,...
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AT&T Fights Broadband Stimulus by Proxy
Phillip Dampier at Stop the Cap! has once again followed the money trail to reveal AT&T pulling puppet strings to attack broadband stimulus funds. More significantly, AT&T is trying to...
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Media Coverage Roundup: Georgia AT&T Bill to Kill Community Broadband
In the wake of a bill in Georgia to revoke local authority and substitute it with state say-so over whether a community can build a broadband network, multiple outlets have covered the situation.As...
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Georgia Bill to Kill Community Broadband Reportedly Shelved
We are hearing that SB 313 in Georgia, AT&T's bill to overrule local authority, will be turned into a study bill. Despite the strong support of the Senate Majority Leader, the bill lost support...
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AT&T, Others Overcharge Subscribers Based on Secret Bandwidth Meters
Imagine going to a gas station, putting 10 gallons into your car's 12 gallon tank, and driving off only to find your needle only approaches half a tank? This scenario is quite rare because government...
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Cox Discourages Internet Use That Competes with Core Cable Product
Another story of frustration as cable companies try to discourage Internet use on their last generation networks.An article earlier this month in StopTheCap! tells the story of the John Heeley family,...
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Chattanooga Cements Status as Best Network in the Nation
Chattanooga's EPB Fiber, a municipal FTTH system owned by the city's electric power board, has dramatically lowered its prices for the gigabit connection and increased all Internet speed tiers.The...
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AT&T Fails Big in Dallas, Makes Big Claims for Austin
Even though I regularly read examples of terrible customer service from the massive corporations like AT&T, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, and more, I apparently retain the capacity to be...
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While 6th Circuit Reviews Appeal, Organized Attack Begins In House
As the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considers the FCC's decision to roll back Tennessee and North Carolina anti-muni laws, elected officials opposed to local authority are mounting an assault to head...
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Savannah Studies Situation for Possible Muni
In early May, leaders in Savannah, Georgia, retained a consultant to prepare a feasibility study to help the community examine ways to improve local connectivity. Local leaders want consultants to...
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Byron's Conflicts In VA: How Deep Do They Go?
Conflicts of interest have been front and center in federal politics this election cycle, but there is another place where we see a grey cloud of impropriety: the Virginia General Assembly. More...
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Verizon Will Cut Off Rural Subscribers In Thirteen States
A recent proposal being considered by the FCC that has raised the loudest outcry has been the status of mobile broadband in rural areas. Now that Verizon is discontinuing rural subscriber accounts, the...
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Frontier Under Investigation, Minnesota PUC Schedules Fall Public Hearings
National ISPs with millions of customers are some of the most hated companies in the U.S. Poor customer service, contract tricks, and a refusal to upgrade services are only a few of the common...
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Good Discussion - Internet Access, Corruption, and Bandwidth Caps in New York
Just a quick note - this was an excellent, candid discussion about Internet access policy that featured Phil Dampier from Stop the Cap and Rachel Barnhart, a NY legislator from Monroe County.The show...
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