Vermont’s Community Broadband Model, Starlink, and the Future of Search - Episode 10 of Unbuffered

[upbeat music] And we're back for another episode of Unbuffered, your favorite show that has me and Sean talking about stuff.

[laughs]

Talking about stuff.

[laughs] That's right.

Welcome back.

It's after Memorial Day.

The summer might be, might be kicking off in Minnesota.

The temperatures seem like it.

Uh, Sean and I got a few topics to cover.

I'm Chris Mitchell at the Institute for l- local Self-Reliance, and, uh, Sean's with me, uh, Sean Gonsalves.

Welcome back, Sean.

I'm back.

What's happening?

We are going to talk today a little bit about, I don't know, like, how wonderful it is.

Uh, you know, not, not often the subject of, of, uh, podcast topics, but how wonderful it is to see Vermont being so well connected and how far we've come-

That's right

... uh, in terms of that.

We're gonna talk a little bit about that.

I don't know.

I just...

Sean was giving me the update of what's going on in Vermont, and I was just tickled.

And, uh, then we're gonna talk a little bit about Starlink and SpaceX, and then we're gonna finish off...

This is trying to be a, a little bit of a tighter show.

Uh, we're gonna finish off with a What the Tech about, uh, Google Search.

Uh, this is a show that, uh, comes to you, gives it to you straight in terms of what we're thinking about connectivity and technology and the world that, uh, we wanna live in with those things.

So-

That's right

... um, so let's dive into it, Sean.