Can you Satirize Poor Customer Service from Big Cable Companies - Community...
Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design a skit to parody such a conversation. Each time someone calls one...
View ArticleHappy Friday! New Funny or Die Video Spoofs Cable TV Bundles
Funny or Die offers up a new video, If Everything Was Bundled Like Cable, starring David Koechner. None of us like paying for stuff we don't use, and television channels are no exception. Here are some...
View Article"Fibervention": Break the Cable Habit In Chattanooga
If you are lucky enough to live in a community where you have a municipal network as a provider, you already know they often go the extra mile to serve customers. However, they don't always market as...
View ArticleMore "Fiberventions" In Chattanooga
Chattanooga EPB has selected two new winners of its "Fibervention" campaign. We introduced you to Ms. Martha in August; during September and October, the winners were the Rolles and a student named...
View ArticleYour Choice: Cable Monopoly Tricks or Muni Fiber Treats?
Happy Halloween!View a larger version of this graphic here [pdf]. Stay up to date on community networks with our newsletter!
View ArticleHappy Halloweek from MuniNetworks!
This time of year, goblins and ghouls are in plentiful supply. There is, however, a much scarier prospect than kids in rubber masks and bad Halloween candy: the reality of our monopolistic internet...
View ArticleWell Worth Watching: The Internet Must Go
The Internet Must Go is a fun look at a serious topic: how big cable and telephone companies are trying to make us pay more for less access to the Internet. Please watch and share!Video:Â
View ArticleHilarious Video Compares Fiber to the Home with Fiber to the Node
Another great video from Australia makes many salient points regarding the debate over their national broadband network. One key point to take away is that it is possible to talk to non-technical...
View ArticleNew Comic: Longmont Fiber Crushes Comcast's Cable Outhouse
Longmont Power and Communications, a city-owned utility north of Denver in Colorado, is slowly rolling out a FTTH network to local businesses and residents that are in close proximity to its existing...
View ArticleFun 30 Minute Mockumentary on Open Internet and Its Enemies
Just a reminder for those who have not seen it yet... it is fun and was just awarded a webby!Video:Â
View ArticleComcast Named the Worst Company in America, Gets Yummy Cake
Not everyone hates Comcast. Antennas Direct.com, helping cable TV customers cut the cord, recently surprised the corporate behemoth with a congratulatory confection. To our delight, they shared some...
View ArticleDepartment of Delusion: Comcast Takes Credit for Google Fiber, Unicorns, and...
In what can only be assumed as a fit of insanity or confusion, several dozen US Mayors came out Friday with a letter to Chairman Wheeler, praising Comcast and demanding that the cable monopoly be...
View ArticleOpelika FTTH Serving Residents, Businesses; New Marketing Videos
Opelika Power Services (OPS) began offering FTTH services to the community in mid-October, reports the Opelika-Auburn News, and demand is intense. Anticipation has been high since construction began in...
View ArticleCan you Satirize Poor Customer Service from Big Cable Companies - Community...
Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design a skit to parody such a conversation. Each time someone calls one...
View ArticleHappy Friday! New Funny or Die Video Spoofs Cable TV Bundles
Funny or Die offers up a new video, If Everything Was Bundled Like Cable, starring David Koechner. None of us like paying for stuff we don't use, and television channels are no exception. Here are some...
View Article"Fibervention": Break the Cable Habit In Chattanooga
If you are lucky enough to live in a community where you have a municipal network as a provider, you already know they often go the extra mile to serve customers. However, they don't always market as...
View ArticleMore "Fiberventions" In Chattanooga
Chattanooga EPB has selected two new winners of its "Fibervention" campaign. We introduced you to Ms. Martha in August; during September and October, the winners were the Rolles and a student named...
View ArticleYour Choice: Cable Monopoly Tricks or Muni Fiber Treats?
Happy Halloween!View a larger version of this graphic here [pdf]. Stay up to date on community networks with our newsletter!
View ArticleHappy Halloweek from MuniNetworks!
This time of year, goblins and ghouls are in plentiful supply. There is, however, a much scarier prospect than kids in rubber masks and bad Halloween candy: the reality of our monopolistic internet...
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