"Democrats will restore the FCC's clear authority to take strong enforcement action against broadband providers who violate net neutrality principles through blocking, throttling, paid prioritization, or other measures that crea ...

Broadband providers have "deliberately restricted competition, kept prices high and used their armies of lobbyists to persuade state legislatures to ban towns and cities from building their own public networks ...

"Nothing the FCC has done prevents a city, county, or town from directing its own, municipally run service to honor strong network neutrality and privacy policies," the ACLU says. ...

Community-owned fiber broadband networks offer cheaper service than commercial providers, according to a new study by Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. ...

A state lawmaker in Michigan has pulled a controversial bill that would have hindered local towns from building their own broadband networks. ...

A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has introduced a bill that would hinder local towns from building their own broadband networks. ...

A federal judge has rejected AT&T's challenge to a Louisville, Kentucky law aimed at making it easier for Google to launch Gigabit fiber service in the city. ...

A regional power company in Tennessee has emerged as Consumer Reports' top-rated TV provider, edging out Google Fiber by one point. ...

Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would give private companies $45 million to extend broadband to rural areas. But the state failed to pass a measure that would ha ...

More than 70% of Americans want their local city or town to create a broadband network if the incumbent providers offer service that's expensive or slow, according to the P ...

Lawmakers in Virginia have passed a contested carrier-backed municipal broadband bill by a vote of 72-24. The measure, which has been significantly pared down from an original version, requires muni-broadba ...

A proposed bill in Virginia would make it harder for cities and towns to offer muni-broadband service. The measure would prohibit local governments from building their own networks if ...

Local lawmakers in Wilson, North Carolina voted to stop offering broadband service to residents of Pinetops, thanks to a recent court decision that effectively reinstated restrictions on muni-broadband. The mo ...

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California) has proposed legislation to prohibit states from trying to restrict muni-broadband. The Federal Communications Commission recently ruled that federal law trumped state restrictions on muni-broadband, b ...

Lawmakers in Nashville preliminarily approved a measure that would make it easier for Google Fiber to offer Gigabit broadband service in the city. ...

The FCC won't appeal a recent ruling that reinstated restrictions on muni-broadband in Tennessee and North Carolina. “Sometimes you’ve got to know when to fold 'em,” Harold Feld, senior vi ...

Siding against the FCC, an appellate court ruled that the agency lacked authority to invalidate state laws hindering muni-broadband. ...

The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill that would further restrict cities and towns from building broadband networks that compete with private cable companies and telecoms. The sta ...

Mediacom has expanded a lawsuit against Iowa City to claim that the conspired with local network operator InOm "to allow ImOn to build out its cable infrastructure in violation ...

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing today on lawsuits filed by the states of Tennessee and North Carolina, which are challenging an FCC decision to nix restrictio ...

AT&T and Comcast have successfully lobbied against a bill that would have enabled the expansion of high-speed municipal broadband in Tennessee. Twenty-seven broadband industry lobbyists opposed the proposal, which w ...

Google Fiber has been striking deals for utility pole access with Portland General Electric and Pacific Power -- apparently in preparing to launch Gigabit broadband service in Portland, Oregon. Goog ...

Google will bring its superfast Gigabit broadband service to Huntsville, Alabama, through a public-private partnership with the city. ...

Lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky unanimously voted in favor of a proposal that will enable Google Fiber roll out broadband in the city. The proposal, passed over opposition by Time Warn ...

Advocates for rural broadband in Tennessee pressed state lawmakers to allow Chattanooga's EPB to expand its ultra-fast network to other parts of the state. AT&T, Comcast and other incumbent provide ...

Iowa City's muni-broadband network ImOn Communications is being sued by incumbent provider Mediacom, which argues that the network's agreement with the city is illegal because ImOn doesn't have a tradition ...

The town of Leverett, Massachusetts, which recently launched a community broadband network, will offer residents 2 GB connections for a total of $75 a month, starting next year. By contras ...

Eight GOP senators wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to voice concerns about the agency's efforts to boost muni-broadband. The senators pointed to the FCC's recent decision ...

Every home and business in Lincoln, Nebraska will be able to receive gigabit fiber broadband service by 2019, thanks to a deal with Internet service provider Allo. The ISP current ...

The Federal Communications Commission took "a step toward broadband abundance" this year when it voted to nix laws that prevent local cities and towns from creating their own muni-broadband netwo ...