We are pleased to share this Three-part series on public broadband, by the American Association for Public Broadband and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.
Please join us on Tuesday April 16th, Noon ET, for the first webinar in a series about building public broadband networks.
The American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), in partnership with the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, is celebrating the publication of its new community broadband handbook “Own Your Internet: How to Build a Public Broadband Network” with a webinar series that spotlights the experiences of a number of communities building community networks.
Moderated by Bill Coleman, author of the AAPB handbook and longtime leader in community broadband, each webinar will provide expert advice for AAPB members, and feature the experiences of community leaders as they navigated establishing, building or running a public broadband network.
Webinar One: Making the Community Broadband Network Decision
April 16th, 12 pm – 1 pm ET
The first of these webinars will focus on why communities might consider building a publicly owned network, and the steps they would take to embark on this journey. Bill will be joined by
- Jeff Reiman, The Broadband Group
- Ellie de Villiers, Maple Broadband – Middlebury, Vermont
- Cynthia Garza, Director or External Relations, City of Pharr, Texas
- Christa Thorpe, Island Institute
In subsequent sessions on May 14th and June 11th, the series will focus on the various possible structures for public broadband networks, and the strategies for building infrastructure and launching services.’
