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b"They say the \\u201cfinger of fate\\u201d is fickle, but this week it was our recording equipment that turned on us. Unfortunately, time constraints and prior commitments didn\\u2019t allow Christopher the opportunity to make a useable recording of his interview with Bill Coleman from Community Technology Advisors Bill was going to be our guest for episode 318. As a result, we\\u2019ve had to shuffle schedules and episode 318 will be available later this week. Thanks for your patience!Bill has promised to join us for a future episode. He and Christopher plan to discuss the report he and his team published for the Blandin Foundation on CAF II and how the federal program is doing little to help rural communities in Minnesota.\\xa0Read more about the report here.That's Not AllIn the near future, we plan to also interview Hannah Rank, a Public Policy Intern at ILSR, who has worked with us over the summer and is finishing up a report on ISP Monkey Brains. The company is working with the city of San Francisco to bring high-quality connectivity to lower-income residents living in the city\\u2019s public housing complexes. We look forward to sharing the details of how this local provider and the metropolitan community are finding a way to connect those who might have difficulties obtaining the Internet access we all need.Until then, you can listen to Christopher talk to Preston Rhea and Mason Carroll discuss Monkey Brains and their project in episode 264 of the podcast. Last year they sat down to have a chat with Christopher.We want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please\\xa0e-mail us\\xa0or leave a comment below.Listen to podcast\\xa0episodes here\\xa0or\\xa0view all episodes in our index.Thanks to Arne Huseby\\xa0for the music. The song is\\xa0Warm Duck Shuffle\\xa0and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.We apologize for the delay and want to thank you again for listening to the podcast."