Broadband & Network
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TDS Telecommunications LLC has announced that Mooresville High School, part of the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina, is the recipient of its $10,000 TDS STEM-Ed grant. -
Plus, New Mexico has launched its three-year broadband plan, North Carolina has debuted a program to expand Internet access in rural communities, a report shows progress on broadband expansion, and more.
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The City Council is set to consider financial support for OnLight Aurora, a city-connected organization established to manage Aurora’s fiber network, amid ongoing budgetary issues at the organization.
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Tomorrow, Verizon plans to roll out its 5G wireless broadband service in Baltimore. The company will be competing with the fiber-based offerings of Comcast. Questions about 5G's affordability remain.
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Getting all Americans connected is about more than running fiber to every house. Who needs it, who's paying for it and whether everyone has the skills to use it are all critical considerations as broadband networks expand.
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Broadband mapping is recognized as a complex, time-intensive process, as demonstrated by the experiences of the Federal Communications Commission and Georgia. But Montana was able to get a map fast. Here’s how.
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This week, the "In Case You Missed It" crew is joined by Luke Stowe, acting deputy city manager and CIO of Evanston, Ill. We discuss MIT's 10 breakthrough technologies of 2022 and explore how the role of CIO has changed.
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International hacker group Anonymous has declared cyber war against Russia in light of the country's Ukraine invasion. After the announcement, the Russian Ministry of Defense website went down.
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Gov. Kristi Noem recently announced the launch of the South Dakota Citizen Portal, an updated website that improves service delivery for residents and collects new resources in one place.
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Federal infrastructure legislation will provide more than $7 billion to Maryland over the next five years for improving roads and bridges, public transit and broadband access, among other things.
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Federal officials announced nearly $300 million in new grant money meant to expand access to high-speed Internet, part of a larger ongoing effort to make broadband more widely available across the country.
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Plus, the Colorado Broadband Office is planning to connect more than 99 percent of households in the state, Arizona is investing $68.1 million in connectivity, and lawmakers ask the FCC to translate broadband labels.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced last week his state would accept cryptocurrency for tax payments by this summer. We discuss whether the move is all hype, or if there's something more to it.
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Plus, the National League of Cities announces the innovation projects that have won its 2021 Capstone Challenge; applications are now open for a pair of digital inclusion grant programs in Maryland; and more.
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The Hamilton County Commission has unanimously approved a broadband deal that will benefit more than 1,000 county residents, part of a broader effort to expand high-speed Internet beyond Chattanooga's Gig City.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created the office in June 2021 with the aim of expanding broadband Internet access to more residents, but the office as yet has no budget and therefore no fulltime staff.
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The Alabama House passed a bill this week that officials in county governments said was needed to help their efforts to deliver high-speed Internet to certain places where it’s not available.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a partnership between the New York Power Authority and AT&T will pilot FirstNet as a wireless LTE solution. The project aims to enhance the state's emergency response.
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In this week’s episode of “In Case You Missed It,” we take a look at how state and local governments are faring in comparison to private organizations in a new highly competitive labor market.
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The federal Emergency Broadband Benefit was supposed to help connect the unconnected. A new study shows that the program didn't achieve this goal, but local areas can help increase program participation.
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The Alabama Senate today passed three bills to promote the expansion of high-speed broadband Internet service across the state, the latest move in an effort that lawmakers have pursued for several years.
