Bellingham Broadband

The Digital Divide is simply defined as the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not. However, the implications of not having ready access to the internet are truly social justice issues. Here are a few examples followed by some further reading. Many of us have […]

The Old TV Model Is Dead. Good Broadband Connections Killed It. Free TV Services Inexpensive TV Services Streaming Services News Sources (Note: Most News Stations Have Their Own Websites That Stream Content) Here is a full list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_news_websites   Sports Pages (Note: Most sports associations have their own streaming pages.) Here is a full list. https://www.dreamytricks.net/best-live-sports-streaming-sites-free/ […]

Cost of Gigabit (aka 1,000 Mbit) Symmetrical Internet In Other Places Kansas City ($70/Month) (On par free after 12 months and $300 one time equipment fee) Chatanooga, TN ($68/Month) (Note: $300/month for 10 Gig service) Japan ($25/Month) South Korea ($24/month) On average the cost in most other developed countries is in the $24 to $56/month […]

  A Dig Once Policy is a common-sense policy that states that our city will start installing inexpensive, publicly owned, resources for use whenever a repair is done. For example, when a road is repaired. This would lower our costs, give us access to local net-neutral providers, and much more. We asked the City of […]