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ANALYSIS: Despite Glossy Reports, Muni Broadband is Still a Net Money Loser
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
May 6, 2013This subsection of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization reviews failing attempts to implement municipal broadband.
Annual Privatization Report 2013
Privatization trends in local, state and federal government, plus roads, highways, aviation, education, telecom and more
April 1, 2013Now in its 26th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report is the world's longest running and most comprehensive report on privatization news, developments and trends.
Annual Privatization Report 2013 (APR 2013) details the latest on privatization and government reform initiatives at all levels of government. The individual sections, which will be released in the weeks ahead, include:
- Air Transportation
- Surface Transportation
- Federal Government Privatization
- State Government Privatization
- Local Government Privatization
- Education
- Criminal Justice and Corrections
Muni Broadband: The Idea that Won't Die
January 30, 2012, 5:17pmYep, the Broadband Stimulus Funded Overbuilds
May 4, 2011, 4:16pmFunds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the $787-billion stimulus enacted in 2009, financed public broadband buildouts in areas already served by commercial service providers.
How Long Before Someone Dies Because of an Unsecured Wireless Router?
April 26, 2011, 11:48amAccording to an AP story out of Buffalo, N.Y., federal agents armed with assault weapons stormed a residence in the early morning hours last month looking for child porn on a home PC. The homeowner, whom the article did not identify, was roughed up and forced to the floor at gunpoint while agents accused him of being a creep and pervert.
The Year 2010 in IT Outsourcing, Network Neutrality, and Federal Broadband
Telecommunications Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
February 25, 2011This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2010 provides an overview of hot topics in technology outsourcing and telecommunications policy. Topics include:
- IT outsourcing in state governments,
- Cloud computing and the future of IT outsourcing,
- the national Network Neutrality debate, and
- an analysis of the FCC's new National Broadband Plan.
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- Muni Broadband: The Idea that Won't Die
Steven Titch
January 30, 2012, 5:17pm - Yep, the Broadband Stimulus Funded Overbuilds
Steven Titch
May 4, 2011, 4:16pm - How Long Before Someone Dies Because of an Unsecured Wireless Router?
Steven Titch
April 26, 2011, 11:48am - Report: Poorest States Rank Highest in Broadband Competition
Steven Titch
April 27, 2010, 12:00pm - VP Biden on Broadband "Information Overline"
Steven Titch
July 1, 2009, 7:55pm - Billions In Stimulus Going to Broadband Projects
Steven Titch
March 20, 2009, 11:17am - It All Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Unserved" Is
Steven Titch
March 11, 2009, 2:03pm - It Is Broadband Stimulus Day in D.C.
Steven Titch
March 10, 2009, 7:36am - Will The Stimulus Kill Smart Ideas for Rural Broadband?
Steven Titch
March 5, 2009, 2:36pm - Congress Approves Broadband to Nowhere
Adrian Moore
February 10, 2009, 5:00pm - FCC Cancels Meeting on AWS-3 Auction
Steven Titch
December 14, 2008, 11:32am - DTV Transition Illustrates Video Competition
Steven Titch
March 30, 2008, 9:59am - California Proposes ëBroadband Bondsí
Steven Titch
February 10, 2008, 10:21am - Details of Corpus Christiís Muni Wireless Deal
Steven Titch
September 23, 2007, 7:33am - Chicago Scraps Muni WiFi
Steven Titch
August 27, 2007, 6:00pm - Muni Wireless's Not So Free Lunch
Steven Titch
August 6, 2007, 2:09pm - A Lesson Plan for Public Colleges
Shikha Dalmia
July 7, 2007, 8:04pm - Forget college, what you need is free WiFi
Steven Titch
May 13, 2007, 3:27pm - Civitium Breaks with the Muni Left
Steven Titch
February 18, 2007, 12:14pm - You Donít Need Municipal Broadband To do Telemedicine
Steven Titch
December 6, 2006, 2:40pm - Westchester Candidate Sees Cellular as a Public Utility
Steven Titch
November 5, 2006, 7:59am - Moyers makes a poor case
Steven Titch
October 18, 2006, 2:32pm - Bill Moyers Takes on the Net
Steven Titch
October 16, 2006, 1:03pm - More Municipal Wi-Fi Pie in the Sky
Steven Titch
September 25, 2006, 3:01pm - What do China and Culver City Have in Common?
Steven Titch
August 29, 2006, 7:42am - Lafayette Muni Plan Dealt Another Blow
Steven Titch
August 13, 2006, 1:40pm - WiFi Fever Hits Windy City
Ted Balaker
May 30, 2006, 1:13pm - Another Unpleasant Muni Surprise
Steven Titch
May 22, 2006, 7:03pm - Chicken Little and "Net Neutrality"
Adrian Moore
May 12, 2006, 4:28pm - Will Philadelphia Wireless Collapse of its own Weight?
Steven Titch
March 12, 2006, 9:30am - Minneapolis returns to its senses
Steven Titch
February 24, 2006, 12:00pm - Wi-Fi Fever Across the Pond
Ted Balaker
February 22, 2006, 4:04pm - Canadian University Bans WiFi as Health Risk
Steven Titch
February 21, 2006, 1:59pm - Limping in Lompoc
Steven Titch
February 21, 2006, 11:25am - More Subtle Shifts in Municipal Broadband
Steven Titch
February 20, 2006, 8:32am - The Dogma of Municipal WiFi
Steven Titch
February 9, 2006, 10:49am - A Municipal Wireless Snapshot
Steven Titch
January 22, 2006, 2:16pm - Municipal Wireless In Name Only
Steven Titch
January 19, 2006, 8:50am - Court deals Lafayette Fiber Plan a big setback
Steven Titch
January 17, 2006, 8:19am - Portland Floats $470-Million Muni Fiber Plan
Steven Titch
January 12, 2006, 3:33pm - Too Much of a Good Thing?
Steven Titch
January 12, 2006, 9:48am - Yes, Let There Be WiFi
Steven Titch
January 4, 2006, 3:36pm - San Francisco takes municipal wireless to a whole new level
Steven Titch
December 26, 2005, 10:26am - A Sure Cure For Those Mayoral Blues
Steven Titch
December 12, 2005, 1:28pm - New at Reason.org
Reason Editors
November 30, 2005, 8:22am
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