The Pulaski County Solar Farm is a promising initiative that uses our local resources (empty farmland) to address our need for green energy and tax revenue. But there are ways it could be improved.
Should Comcast Be Allowed To Sell Your Browsing History?
Should companies like Comcast be able to sell your internet browsing history without your permission? Most Americans would say “no”, yet the Congress voted to allow just that. Americans have enjoyed a legal right to privacy from your communications provider under Section 222 of the Telecommunications Act for more than twenty years. When Congress made […]
Morgan is Missing: Broadband Access Requires Leadership
Recently I received a letter from our member of Congress, H. Morgan Griffith, regarding some questions I had for him about broadband access. I appreciate that he noted that “many families and businesses in rural areas of the country, including parts of the Ninth District,… need access to fast and reliable broadband.” Acknowledging there is […]
Benefits and distribution of broadband access
This post is the first in a series of blog posts which will attempt to identify barriers to access to broadband Internet and other technologies vital in today’s economy. In 2011, my soon to be wife and I decided to move back to her home town here in Pulaski. I had a good job with a government […]