Muni Fiber Tennessee Twofer: Columbia and Pulaski Community Broadband Bits Podcast 189
b'We cover a lot of Tennessee ground in this week\'s Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast - episode 189 - from a cable network to muni Fiber-to-the-Home; Columbia to Pulaski. Wes Kelley, the Executive Director of the Columbia Power and Water Systems is our guest to talk about Columbia\'s cable and Pulaski\'s fiber. \\n\\nHe cut his teeth working with a Michigan community\'s public utility that ultimately decided not to get involved in telecommunications. But he moved on to build out a citywide fiber network in Pulaski before ultimately moving to Columbia, which was the last community in the United States to build a cable system (since then it has been all fiber).\\n\\nHe shares some of his lessons along the way, tips for customer service, and Columbia\'s plans for the future with their cable system. He also has some choice words for the big content owners that make the cable television business all but impossible for any reasonably sized cable operation.\\n\\nThe transcript from this episode is available here.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. \\n\\nThis show is 30 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nYou can can download this Mp3 file directly from here. Listen to other episodes here or view all episodes in our index.\\n\\nThanks to Kathleen Martin for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Player vs. Player."'