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Comcast Named the Worst Company in America, Gets Yummy Cake | community... Not everyone hates Comcast. Antennas Direct.com, helping cable TV customers cut the cord, recently surprised the corporate behemoth with a...

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To Save the Internet We Need to Own the Means of Distribution With the announcement by the FCC that cable and telephone companies will be allowed to prioritize access to their customers only one option remains...

Press Conference TOMORROW Apr 22 @ 11am MN Capitol rm 125 RE: lack of broadband access & speeds impairing .

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Another win for community broadband authority. We'll keep an eye on Montrose, CO's developing broadband situation. http://ow.ly/vTwbP

Voters Approve Local Telecommunications Authority in Montrose, Colorado... By a 3,982 in favor and 1,397 opposed, the voters in Montrose decided on April 1st to take back local authority for telecommunications services....

We can do better, if we choose. A reminder of what we can do by working together. www.MuniNetworks.org

A reminder from www.MuniNetworks.org - we can build better networks offering faster connections at lower prices.

Our new interactive map of community owned Internet networks - spread it around!

New Community Owned Network Map We have updated and expanded our interactive Community Owned Network Map [Non-interactive screen shot above]. The map continues to track the FTTH, cable networks, and partial fiber networks owned by local governments in the U.S. Now it also tracks dark fiber networks, publicly owned stimulus funded…

New commentary from ILSR - North Carolina banned community networks, only to see Time Warner Cable and AT&T refuse to invest in the state anyway.

At the bottom of the broadband barrel A new law sticks too many North Carolina businesses and residents with last-generation cable and Digital Subscriber Line networks that have been replaced elsewhere with faster and more reliable connections, often next generation fiber-optic networks.

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Spread the word from www.MuniNetworks.org -- Time to get rid of cable monopolies! Our new report: http://www.ilsr.org/killing-competition-nc/

We're posting regularly at Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where you can learn more about the great local solar opportunity!

Just another quick reminder that we are now posting over Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Don't miss our 10 Reasons to Buy Local series, our new TED talk, and more!

Hello New Rules Project friends! You may have noticed that we've been rather quiet lately... That's because we've retired the New Rules Project name. All the good work continues though. You can find us posting now at Institute for Local Self-Reliance. We're running a great series on the TOP 10 REASONS TO CHOOSE INDIE BUSINESSES. Perfect for sharing in the coming weeks! Happy Thanksgiving!