Howard County Fiber Encourages New Jobs, Competition in Maryland Community Broadband Bits Podcast 133
While at the Broadband Communities Economic Development conference in Springfield last year, I had the good fortune to catch a panel with Chris Merdon, the CIO of Howard County, Maryland. \n\nHoward County has become an Internet Service Provider, not just to itself, but to private firms as well. To improve Internet access for businesses, it is both leasing dark fiber to existing providers and directly offering services to businesses and buildings. \n\nWe are grateful that Chris could join us for a Chris2 interview! We discuss how and why Howard County chose this strategy and how it is benefiting the community.\n\nRead the transcript of our discussion here.\n\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. \n\nThis show is 19 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \n\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\n\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\n\nThanks to Persson for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Blues walk."