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A pact between the county and Internet service provider Nortex will extend high-speed Internet to residents in the underserved communities of Callisburg, Woodbine and Oakridge. The network is slated to come online in late 2025.
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With the help of a grant, the public library in Glenmora, La., has deployed telehealth kiosks to its branches, offering equipment like blood pressure measuring cuffs and scales for residents to use.
Plus, the FCC is preparing for a vote that could restore rules around net neutrality, state digital equity plans are continuing to be accepted, and more.
The City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of hiring Nebraska-based Allo Missouri to lay fiber-optic broadband. A final vote will happen at the council’s next meeting and build-out is expected to take approximately two years.
Despite massive gains in broadband Internet connectivity over the course of recent decades, a lack of broadband infrastructure continues to persist for many Californians.
Some city sources have attributed a cyber incident in early March to ransomware, although the municipality has only called it a “network disruption.” Birmingham is using paper-based processes to pay staff, but public effects may be more minor.
Through the Federal Communications Commission, the Biden administration warned Congress Tuesday the Affordable Connectivity Program, which serves 760,000 Pennsylvania families, is within weeks of ending due to a lack of funding.
Plus, a mapping tool helps inform the permitting process, tribes in New Mexico get $10 million for digital equity, and more.
City councilmembers in Aurora, Ill., this week approved spending nearly $1.4 million to grow the network to additional parts of its water system. The work will wrap an accelerated fiber expansion to water locations begun in 2022.
Minnesota cities are asking the Legislature for power to slap Internet providers with new fees, an idea they say will lead to more broadband while helping to pay for basic government access programming.
Plus, stakeholders continue to push for more ACP funding as the program winds down, Connecticut releases $41 million for broadband, and San Antonio is supporting small businesses with digital skills training.
The federal government has issued guidance on exemptions from its Build America Buy America requirements for broadband infrastructure projects. This could help make it easier to acquire key pieces of high-speed Internet networks.
Telecommunications and tech services company C Spire will build 90 miles of fiber and infrastructure in Meridian, bringing multi-gigabit-speed fiber Internet to thousands of homes. Construction for some neighborhoods will wrap as soon as June.
The Affordable Connectivity Program provides $30-a-month subsidies and requires Internet providers to offer packages as low as $30 a month to those households to make it more affordable to needy families.
Almost everything we do requires Internet connectivity, from applying to a job, fulfilling work obligations, booking doctor’s appointments, banking, watching TV and even staying connected with family.
As part of the Internet for All project, which aims to connect Americans to affordable high-speed Internet, a special program will bring new connections to Nevada homes and businesses.
