Responding to Crazy Talk Volume 4 Community Broadband Bits Episode #72

Published: Nov. 12, 2013, 9:04 p.m.

b'We are back with the fourth volume of our responding to "Crazy Talk" theme on the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast. The source of this week\'s crazy talk is a public relations executive for Time Warner Cable, following an interview I did on WUNC in North Carolina.\\n\\nLisa Gonzalez, myself, and our colleague John Farrell react to some of the claims made to discuss what you should know about community owned networks and broadband policy more generally.\\n\\nWe talk about misleading statistics, lies about how local governments fund networks, and whether Time Warner Cable or local utilities pay more in taxes.\\n\\nRead the transcript of this episode here.\\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 23 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 Mudhoney for the music, licensed using Creative Commons.'