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[News] Public Advocate Sohn Urges Audience to Mobilize, and to Sue
The following article appeared in Broadband Breakfast: May 21, 2025 – Gigi Sohn issued a call to arms Wednesday, urging digital equity...
AAPB
May 21, 20251 min read
![[News] National Leaders learn from Vermont's rural broadband strategies](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd807a_0453f27c042d49b794a3cca9665a2df8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_636,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/bd807a_0453f27c042d49b794a3cca9665a2df8~mv2.webp)
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[News] National Leaders learn from Vermont's rural broadband strategies
The following article appeared in the Manchester Journal: MONTPELIER — Vermont is leading the way in the national effort to bring...
AAPB
May 20, 20253 min read
![[News] Municipal Broadband Facing Incumbent Backlash and Financing Challenges](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5eb00_12f6ce24fa524f2fa13719c197772758~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_545,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/d5eb00_12f6ce24fa524f2fa13719c197772758~mv2.webp)
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[News] Municipal Broadband Facing Incumbent Backlash and Financing Challenges
The vast private capital investment in fiber is focused almost exclusively on getting it into the hands of the major wireless carriers...
AAPB
May 15, 20251 min read
![[News] AAPB and ILSR Prepare For Inaugural ‘Future of Public Broadband’ Conference](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5eb00_3ff0731ecf094815a50f238e33ff98b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/d5eb00_3ff0731ecf094815a50f238e33ff98b7~mv2.webp)
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[News] AAPB and ILSR Prepare For Inaugural ‘Future of Public Broadband’ Conference
By Sean Gonsalves Some of the nation’s leading thinkers and doers in the community broadband sector will connect and collaborate in the...
AAPB
May 9, 20253 min read


Meet KPUD Fiber: Giving the Kitsap County Community a Voice and a Choice
As a not-for-profit, community-owned utility, Kitsap County Public Utility District (KPUD) delivers wholesale broadband services over an...
AAPB
Apr 29, 20253 min read
![[Event] Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd807a_85ba9c1ad89b4e0d92f393c8599be83e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/bd807a_85ba9c1ad89b4e0d92f393c8599be83e~mv2.webp)
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[Event] Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day
Join Us for Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day | May 14–15 | Washington, D.C. The American...
AAPB
Apr 22, 20253 min read
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[Webinar] Building Fiberhoods in Holland
AAPB partnered with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) for the premiere of Building Fiberhoods in Holland, a mini-documentary...
AAPB
Apr 1, 20251 min read
![[News] Counterpoint: Think about who’s opposing municipal broadband](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5eb00_63138e06c87546ebad17e3faf69afbaa~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/d5eb00_63138e06c87546ebad17e3faf69afbaa~mv2.webp)
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[News] Counterpoint: Think about who’s opposing municipal broadband
The following commentary was published by the Minnesota Star Tribune from AAPB Executive Director Gigi Sohn: “Here we go again” is right....
AAPB
Mar 19, 20252 min read
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[SAVE THE DATE] MAY 14-15 for AAPB's Conference & Hill Day in DC
AAPB is excited to announce a conference and Hill Day in Washington, DC. Save the date: May 14-15. More details coming soon! For...
AAPB
Mar 14, 20251 min read
![[News] Meet The Women Transforming the Broadband Industry: Seven Women Driving Digital Inclusion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5eb00_3d373e2053df4fcdba1a6f8d8812b1e1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/d5eb00_3d373e2053df4fcdba1a6f8d8812b1e1~mv2.webp)
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[News] Meet The Women Transforming the Broadband Industry: Seven Women Driving Digital Inclusion
The following is an excerpt from CNET: March 12, 2025 – The broadband industry is constantly evolving. New developments in internet...
AAPB
Mar 11, 20252 min read
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[News] ISPs get handed another L trying to end New York's cheap internet law
The telecom industry requested a rehearing on New York’s $15 broadband law. The Supreme Court has once again rejected the industry’s...
AAPB
Feb 25, 20252 min read
![[News] Vermont, Ohio Networks Prove Municipal Broadband Pays for Itself](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5eb00_3ff0731ecf094815a50f238e33ff98b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/d5eb00_3ff0731ecf094815a50f238e33ff98b7~mv2.webp)
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[News] Vermont, Ohio Networks Prove Municipal Broadband Pays for Itself
The following is an excerpt from Broadband Breakfast: Feb. 21, 2025 – Cities and towns were proving that municipal broadband networks can...
AAPB
Feb 24, 20251 min read
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[News] Ohio, Vermont showcase successful municipal network financing
The following story was published by Fierce Network: Financing municipal broadband networks is no cakewalk, with opposition from...
AAPB
Feb 24, 20254 min read
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[Webinar] Municipal Broadband and Innovative Financing Models: Unlocking Economic Growth
Gigi Sohn of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB) and Sean Gonsalves of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance teamed up...
AAPB
Feb 21, 20251 min read
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[News] Experts Point To The Big ‘Payback’ That Flows From Municipal Broadband Investments
The following article was published by Sean Gonsalves at Community Networks: At the “Municipal Broadband and Innovative Financing Models:...
AAPB
Feb 21, 20253 min read
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[Webinar] Municipal Broadband and Innovative Financing Models: Unlocking Economic Growth
Join the American Association of Public Broadband (AAPB) and ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks Initiative on February 20, 2025, from...
AAPB
Feb 5, 20251 min read
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[Webinar] The Future of BEAD Hinges on One Thing: The Broadband Provider. How to Step Up Now.
How are you determining your own BEAD destiny when the future can look uncertain? What steps must you take right now to ensure your...
AAPB
Jan 30, 20251 min read
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[News] AAPB Board Member Sachin Gupta Named 2025 Presidential Leadership Scholar
The following is a press release published by AAPB Member Centranet : Sachin Gupta, Vice President of Business and Technology Strategies...
AAPB
Jan 21, 20253 min read
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[Statement] AAPB Statement on the Launch of New York State’s Excelsior Broadband Network
On January 14, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her State of the State Address , which included announcement of the...
AAPB
Jan 14, 20251 min read
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[News] CommDaily: Deputy NTIA Administrator: BEAD Implementation Making 'Tremendous Strides'
Deputy NTIA Administrator Sarah Morris on Monday defended the agency's pace in administering the BEAD program (see 2412120066). The...
AAPB
Jan 6, 20252 min read
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