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Exciting news! @bbcmag has announced the finalists for this year’s Broadband Communities Awards, to be announced at their Summit next month.
Special shoutout to AAPB Executive Director @gigibsohn, who served on the judging panel.
Congratulations to all of the finalists! 🎉
The shortlist of finalists across more than a dozen categories for the 2026 Broadband Communities Awards has been announced.
bbcmag.com/shortlist-reveale…
Last week, AAPB and @ilsr's Community Broadband Networks Initiative hosted “Control + Shift + ALTernative: Building Community-Owned Fiber,” a practical webinar on moving community broadband from concept to construction.
Missed it? Stream here: youtube.com/watch?v=B2psfqo6…
Public broadband is growing, and more communities are asking: where do we start? 🤔
Our handbook, created with the @Benton_Inst, walks local leaders through assessing needs, planning, financing, and learning from real success stories.
Start here: publicbroadbandhandbook.com
Today at 12pm ET! 🚨
Join AAPB and @ilsr for “Control + Shift + ALTernative: Building Community-Owned Fiber,” a practical webinar on how Kendall County and Lewiston are moving community broadband from concept to construction.
Register: sites.google.com/ilsr.org/il…
From @verge: BEAD was meant to close the digital divide with future-proof broadband. Instead, delays, shifting rules and reliance on satellite risk leaving rural communities behind.
Read the full piece from Karl Bode and @ilsr’s Sean Gonsalves ⬇️
Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband theverge.com/policy/953944/b…
Congrats to @DigitalC_org, led by AAPB board member @JoshEdmonds216, on surpassing 10,000 connections in Cleveland. 🎉
DigitalC is showing what community-centered connectivity looks like, offering affordable service, innovative technology, and digital opportunity.
Transforming one of America’s least connected cities to a model for community-driven broadband, @DigitalC_org is proving what’s possible when residents take their digital future into their own hands.
Read our latest spotlight: aapb.us/post/meet-digitalc-b…
Community-owned fiber takes more than a good idea. 💡
Next week, join us alongside @ilsr for "Control + Shift + ALTernative," with real-world lessons from Kendall County and Lewiston on financing, governance, execution and local control.
Register here: sites.google.com/ilsr.org/il…
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This is exciting! Community Broadband is on the move in Portland! @AAPBroadband
Campaign Kickoff on Saturday, June 27, 10:30-1:30pm at the Albina Branch Library, Community Room 2A. Special Guest expected from Hillsboro HiLight, fusion splicing demo, fiber optic cable and conduit samples, snacks, and fun! multcolib.org/hours-and-loca…
For communities stuck waiting on better broadband, there may be another path.
Join us, @ilsr on July 7 for “Control + Shift + ALTernative”, a webinar on how Kendall County and Lewiston are building community-owned fiber with local control.
Register here: sites.google.com/ilsr.org/il…
ICYMI: Earlier this month, @gigibsohn joined @Light_Reading's “The Divide," to discuss with host Nicole Ferraro how “dark money” helped defeat municipal fiber in Longmeadow, MA, when these tactics work, and why grassroots buy-in is key.
Listen here: lightreading.com/broadband/t…
Communities stuck with slow, expensive internet are done waiting.
Join AAPB and @ilsr on July 7 at 12 pm ET for "Control + Shift + ALTernative: Building Community-Owned Fiber."
Real case studies. Creative financing. Local control.
Register here:
sites.google.com/ilsr.org/il…
ICYMI: On @Light_Reading's “The Divide," @gigibsohn recently spoke with host Nicole Ferraro about how “dark money” helped defeat municipal fiber in Longmeadow, why these tactics work in some towns, and why grassroots efforts are often crucial for success.
lightreading.com/broadband/t…
ICYMI: California launched the nation’s largest public broadband network and connected its first rural community: the Bishop Paiute Tribe, expanding opportunity for education, telehealth, and jobs. 💯
See below, and view the interactive map here:
experience.arcgis.com/experi…
The network will serve disconnected rural and indigenous communities. mashable.com/article/califor…
Just dropped! 🎙️
On @Light_Reading's “The Divide," @gigibsohn speaks with host Nicole Ferraro about how “dark money” helped defeat municipal fiber in Longmeadow, why these tactics work in some towns, and why grassroots buy-in is key.
Listen here:
lightreading.com/broadband/t…
Public broadband is past “why.” The focus now is “how.”
AAPB membership helps us show up for communities facing tough decisions, opposition campaigns, and shifting rules, while sharing lessons on planning, financing, governance, and adoption.
Join us: aapb.us/membership
In her latest op-ed, @gigibsohn describes a recent trip to Lake Providence, LA, witnessing firsthand what happens when broadband policy becomes disconnected from lived reality.
"We’ve forgotten that these policies land on real people, in real towns, trying to build real lives."
.@AAPBroadband's Gigi Sohn: The Town BEAD Forgot
In Louisiana's poorest parish, a $6 million BEAD fiber award became a $150,000 Starlink contract under the Trump administration's rewritten program, leaving Lake Providence behind.
broadbandbreakfast.com/gigi-…
New from @Light_Reading on Longmeadow’s municipal fiber vote and the “dark money” playbook that showed up to oppose it. 🛑
@gigibsohn spoke with Nicole Ferraro on what happened and what communities can do next. ⬇️
Full story here: lightreading.com/fttx/after-…
Dark money attacks appear when momentum is strong for public broadband. Even with the push for local choice, there are few resources on how to launch a network.
That's where we come in. Check out our handbook, which guides you every step of the way. 📑🌐
publicbroadbandhandbook.com
"There they go again – a “dark money” group has sprung into action just when a community decides to ensure that its residents have universal, affordable and robust broadband Internet access."
Read @gigibsohn take on what's happening in Longmeadow below:
masslive.com/opinion/2026/05…
There they go again.
Reports indicate a MN-based dark money group posing as “Mass Priorities” is flooding Longmeadow, MA with ads and mailers to stop municipal broadband while refusing to disclose its donors. 🙄
Read @gigibsohn's full statement:
aapb.us/post/statement-aapb-…
