Funding

Let’s organize people with the greatest need Here is a story map that uses ARCGIS from ESRI to visualize data about Internet access by County. As funds are now being allocated for Broadband Infrastructure, let’s ensure that money doesn’t all go to Comcast, but instead also goes to Community Owned Internet Networks. After you hover…

Billions of dollars are now flowing for Broadband Internet. How will they be spent? Will we subsidize existing monopolies or support locally run infrastructure? In Nebraska, Althea has partnered with NetEquity and a middle mobile provider that has over 10,000 miles of fiber underground. Let’s think about whether Michigan could do something similar with a…