Community Broadband Bits 13 Curtis Dean of Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
b'Curtis Dean, the Telecommunications Services Coordinator for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, joins us for our 13th Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast. Curtis explains why Iowa has so many municipal utilities and why 28 of them offer some form of telecommunications service.\\n\\nWe talk about why making sure everyone in rural areas has access to affordable, reliable, and fast broadband is good for everyone in the entire country. And Curtis shares his experiences with the publicly owned FTTH network in Spencer.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. Also, feel free to suggest other guests, topics, or questions you want us to address.\\n\\nThis show is 30 minutes long and can be played below on this page or subscribe via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. Search for us in iTunes and leave a positive comment!\\n\\nListen to previous episodes here. You can download the Mp3 file directly from here.\\n\\nRead the transcript of this episode here.\\n\\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\\n\\nThanks to Fit and the Conniptions for the music, licensed using Creative Commons.'