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Unbuffered

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Unbuffered explores Internet access, digital equity, and local technology solutions, but with a broader lens on how tech shapes our lives, our communities, and our sense of agency. We make technology and technology makes us.

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736 episodes

  1. Off the Funding Cliff: Building Sustainable Support for Digital Adoption – Episode 31 of Unbuffered 48:08
  2. Condition 50: The Fine Print Threatening California’s Internet Protections – Episode 30 of Unbuffered 42:16
  3. Why ISPs Fail and the Reality Facing State Broadband Offices - Episode 29 of Unbuffered 52:49
  4. Who Controls the Megaphone? - Episode 28 of Unbuffered 49:01
  5. The FCC on Trial: Defense of Free Speech and the Future of Media Regulation - Episode 27 of Unbuffered 48:27
  6. Tree Canopies, Broken Data, and DOGE Math - Episode 26 of Unbuffered 42:47
  7. The FWA Reality Check and the BEAD Final Numbers - Episode 25 of Unbuffered 46:02
  8. Local Tech, Big Surveillance: Rethinking Municipal IT - Episode 24 of Unbuffered 56:00
  9. Flock Off! - Episode 23 of Unbuffered 55:16
  10. Fiber on the Right Track - Episode 22 of Unbuffered 31:45
  11. Built for the Storm - Episode 21 of Unbuffered 35:48
  12. Time for a Retrofit! - Episode 20 of Unbuffered 40:47
  13. Technology Without Guardrails - Episode 19 of Unbuffered 59:37
  14. Dialing Back Protections: The Battle for California's Lifelines - Episode 18 of Unbuffered 54:53
  15. Protecting Tribal Access to Spectrum - Episode 17 of Unbuffered 32:41
  16. Too Easy to Reach Orbit? - Episode 16 of Unbuffered 48:50
  17. The Plot to Hijack America’s Broadband - Episode 15 of Unbuffered 53:08
  18. Five Years of Tribal Broadband Bootcamps - Episode 14 of Unbuffered 53:23
  19. What the Tech!?! SpaceX IPO Edition - Episode 13 of Unbuffered 53:57
  20. How NextLight Became the #1 Internet Service Provider in the Country - Episode 12 of Unbuffered 39:25
  21. DigitalC at 10,000 Subscribers - Episode 11 of Unbuffered 53:12
  22. Vermont’s Community Broadband Model, Starlink, and the Future of Search - Episode 10 of Unbuffered 30:19
  23. The Digital Divide Is a Civil Rights Issue: The Fight for Digital Equity and the Battle Against Dark Money - Episode 9 of Unbuffered 53:46
  24. When Giant ISPs Get Bigger, State Commissions Fight Back - Episode 8 of Unbuffered 49:47
  25. More Than the Sum of the Parts - Episode 7 of Unbuffered 54:06
  26. Unbuffered Live! - Episode 6 of Unbuffered 1:04:08
  27. Digital Equity and the Way We Build Networks - Episode 5 of Unbuffered 48:19
  28. How and Why Minnesota's Network of Trust Organized Against Federal Occupation - Episode 4 of Unbuffered 1:20:40
  29. The UTOPIA Model — Open Access and Community Broadband - Episode 3 of Unbuffered 52:36
  30. Telecom Then, AI Now — Rethinking the FCC’s Role - Episode 2 of Unbuffered 1:11:05
  31. Is the Internet Still a Public Good? - Episode 1 of Unbuffered 57:58
  32. Introducing Unbuffered- Episode 0 of Unbuffered 3:13
  33. Reading the Signals: What Broadband Policy Shifts Mean on the Ground - Episode 680 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 45:53
  34. Government Power, Media Empires, and the Fight for an Informed Public - Episode 679 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 42:04
  35. Big Brother is Watching You - Episode 678 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 44:22
  36. Fort Pierce, Two Years Later: Fiber, Smart City, and Steady Growth - Episode 677 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 32:34
  37. Mergers, Monopoly Prices, and Accountability - Episode 676 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 51:39
  38. When Starlink Rewrites the Rules of Broadband Funding - Episode 675 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 50:41
  39. Serving the Overlooked: Building Broadband for Manufactured Housing Communities - Episode 674 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 28:35
  40. Predictions for 2026: CBN Edition - Episode 673 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 45:13
  41. Broadband Reality Check: BEAD, Competition, and What Comes Next - Episode 672 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 41:38
  42. 2026 Predictions with Blair Levin- Episode 671 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 50:51
  43. Year in Review 2025 - Episode 670 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 51:44
  44. Telecom's Plumbing Problem: Routing, Regulation, and What Comes Next - Episode 669 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 1:02:03
  45. The Berkshires Broadband Movement: How 19 Small Towns Built Their Own Fiber Future - Episode 668 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 35:18
  46. Building Broadband from the Ground Up - Episode 667 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 32:44
  47. The Satellite Solution That Won’t Scale - Episode 666 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 49:17
  48. Speed Tests and Why BEAD Keeps Getting Messier - Episode 665 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 28:16
  49. Follow the Money: Comcast, Starlink, and the BEAD Backslide - Episode 664 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 27:53
  50. After BEAD: The Future of Broadband and Accountability - Episode 663 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast 39:32