Broadband & Network
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The City Council approved giving OnLight Aurora, set up to manage the city’s fiber network, $80,000 via either a loan or grant. A key issue, an alderman said, is getting the organization back on track. -
Plus, New York has reopened applications for grants through its ConnectALL program, New Mexico celebrated progress on connectivity expansion, fiber networks continue expanding to new locations, and more.
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All middle-mile construction is now either built or funded, an official said. The next step is last-mile work, bringing actual connections to homes, and meeting with stakeholders to gather infrastructure data.
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A nonprofit group helping Anderson County, Texas, improve its broadband Internet service said Thursday that it will need the community’s residents to complete up to 1,600 surveys to make it happen.
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T-Mobile promised to provide free Internet for low-income customers and reduced-cost plans for five years under a settlement reached with California that ends a lawsuit related to the company’s merger with Sprint.
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The bill was passed last summer, requiring cable operators to extend service to areas with at least 15 homes per mile and to place public-access channels near local broadcasting stations in channel lineups.
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With more than 1 million Missouri residents who need Internet access, systems expert Casey Canfield says bridging the digital divide will also take an investment in broadband research.
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The Iowa Senate has passed legislation to help businesses that provide communications services to expand access to reliable and affordable high-speed broadband to underserved and unserved parts of Iowa.
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U.S. Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer, both of New York, are asking questions about why their state was entirely shut out of $20 billion recently allocated by the FCC in support of nationwide broadband efforts.
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Several of the most prominent membership organizations for state and local government leaders have united in support of an effort to urge federal decision-makers to invest in broadband infrastructure.
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Last session, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill that allows electric membership cooperatives to sell Internet services along with power. Lawmakers hoped the change would spark a spread of broadband throughout rural Georgia.
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At best, data from the Federal Communications Commission tells an incomplete story about broadband in the states. Here's what Wisconsin, North Carolina and West Virginia have done to paint a clearer picture.
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As many as 40 homes in the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation are being connected to high-speed Internet. Until now, the community just south of Farmington was considered too rural to support.
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Researchers at RSA 2020 discussed the growing trend of hackers harassing large industrial systems. In doing so, they aren't just shifting their targets — they're also exhibiting more insidious behavior.
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The Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission is leading the new effort, representing Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture may allocate $19 million towards rural broadband in southeastern Texas. The funding comes from USDA’s Broadband Reconnect Program, which seeks to bridge the digital divide.
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Eight counties in Pennsylvania are working to connect rural areas to the Internet. A planning commission hopes to create a nonprofit entity that will use wireless and fiber optic cables to provide connectivity.
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Glacier National Park promises to increase cell phone and radio coverage in a plan that would add more cell towers. The plan aims to deliver basic connectivity in developed areas of the park.
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According to reports, the FCC will fine wireless carrier giants AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile $200 million for selling customers’ location data to third parties without the phone users' consent.
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The Washington-Idaho border-straddling region is likely to see fifth-generation wireless technology deployed soon, as federal regulators have limited the blocks local government can place on its deployment.
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Plus, Pew publishes its report on the status of broadband work within state government, IBM announces the theme for the 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge, and a new report outlines civic engagement strategies.
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