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Connecticut Agency Says AT&T Needs City OKs for Boxes

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:36:42 -0700

AT&T Appeals Connecticut Court's U-verse Definition

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:04:58 -0700

Hearst to Manage Three MediaNews Dailies, Buys Connecticut Post

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:01:08 -0700

Connecticut Judge Stands Pat on AT&T U-verse Service

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:57:17 -0700

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008

Bliss Requa-Trautz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:55:20 -0700

Start: 05/20/2008 - 09:00

End: 05/23/2008 - 14:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Cable Access Television Debate Rages On in Connecticut

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:09:03 -0700

The view on Sound View Community Media may not be so sound these days. SV is the third-party nonprofit provider of public access television for local area 2, which includes Woodbridge, Orange, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport and Fairfield.

Manchester, Connecticut Issues RFI for Citywide Wireless Network

Haijing Tu — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:51:41 -0700

The Town of Manchester, Connecticut has issued an RFI for a citywide wireless network. This is not an RFP. Below is the text of the RFI. Manchester has a city-owned fiber network that can be used as backhaul.

State Rep. Roberta Willis Leads the Way in Connecticut

Stevie Converse — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:53:57 -0700

State Rep. Roberta Willis wants to get Connecticut up to speed, and after years of witnessing the slow progress of expanding high speed Internet access in her state, Rep. Willis is taking matters into her own hands.

Don't Shortchange Our Public Access

Stevie Converse — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:43:48 -0700

Why is it that public affairs and public access channels get such short shrift and lack of attention from cable companies and Internet Protocol-based television purveyors?
It was only a few years ago that cable providers in this region made unfathomable attempts to cut back on local public access channels.

Don't Downgrade Public Channels

Stevie Converse — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:43:42 -0700

I applaud The Courant's decision to encourage the General Assembly to protect the Connecticut Television Network from substandard delivery on AT&T's U-verse video system

Fonfara Criticized for AT&T U-verse Letter

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:02:11 -0700

State Sen. John Fonfara, D-Hartford, has been a strong advocate of giving consumers a choice besides cable for television service. But his letter inviting constituents to an AT&T-sponsored event Friday celebrating its new U-verse TV service may have gone too far, some critics say.

U-Verse's Sorry Excuse For Public Access TV

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:58:18 -0700

As Verizon and AT&T lobbyists worked to eliminate the local video franchise system, consumer advocates pointed out that such moves resulted in the death of public access. In States where lawmakers insist, AT&T has to carry public access -- but localities haven't been all too thrilled with the results.

Logged Video Clips of Connecticut Public Hearing on PEG Access TV

Stevie Converse — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:24:34 -0700

On March 7 Connecticut's Joint Committee on Energy & Technology held a 4-hour hearing on HB 5814, a bill to amend their recent statewide video franchising law.

Blogging Interrupted by Citizenship

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:41:42 -0700

Members of the Energy & Technology Committee:

An Act Concerning Community Access Television in Connecticut

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:31:59 -0700

The state legislature meets in short session this year—closing in early May—so everything moves fast.

PEG Channels Access on AT&T U-verse

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:06:48 -0700

From Annie Folger, Executive Director of Midpeninsula Community Media Center, Palo Alto, CA, Thursday, March 6:

Hartford Public Access May Be on U-verse After 18-Month Delay

Stevie Converse — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:39:37 -0700

Local public access television channels could make their debut on AT&T's U-verse system by sometime next month, 16 months after the service was launched in the state, company officials said Friday.

Regular Channels on AT&T Sought for Community Access

Stevie Converse — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:33:29 -0700

Public television officials and others argued before the state legislature Friday that AT&T should be required to offer community access and government television as regular channels in its new U-vers

LVW Urges Neutrality on Access to Web Sites

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:29:13 -0800

The state [Conn.] League of Women Voters reached out to its members last night in a discussion at the Harry Bennett Branch of the Ferguson Library, asking them to consider supporting the position that

League of Women Voters Discusses Internet Issues

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:24:14 -0800

The Connecticut League of Women Voters gathered at Ferguson Library Monday to discuss the openness of the Internet.