“These networks have sprung up across the nation as a direct reflection of the country’s growing frustration with sub-par broadband speeds, high prices, and poor customer service. They’ve also emerged despite the fact that ISP lobbyists have convinced more than 20 states to pass protectionist laws hampering local efforts to build such regional networks.” Motherboard: More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own Internet Networks.

+ Montana becomes the first state to implement net neutrality. And other states are moving in the same direction. This is a bipartisan issue, supported by a huge majority of people who are not Russian bots.

+ When your neighborhood can’t get broadband, the guy who provides it can become a local hero. (And you don’t have to press zero a hundred times to talk to a real person on customer support…)