Broadband & Network
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County commissioners got a revised schedule for federally funded broadband work. Service provider contracts remain to be signed, and construction is slated to wrap by the end of 2029.
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The Trump administration has asserted for months that its “bargain” version of the federal $42.5 billion grant program to expand access to broadband Internet would save taxpayers money.
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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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A couple of months after suffering a ransomware attack, libraries in a Bay Area county have gone offline again — but it's not clear yet whether hackers are to blame. Meanwhile, residents can't access online accounts.
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The state's governor has been spending millions on broadband but still can't get high-speed Internet on his farm. Rural broadband access remains low, so the governor wants to spend $25 million next year on expanding it.
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Maternal deaths have recently increased in the United States as rates fall in other developed countries. A new bill suggests broadband, or the lack thereof, could be a critical factor for the health of pregnant mothers.
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Digital exclusion poses a daunting problem that includes a lack of access to affordable Internet and hardware; lack of skills to navigate content in the digital sphere; and lack of access to support when devices break.
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A telecommunications company’s plan to rebuild an antenna site in San Anselmo, Calif., is drawing fervent opposition from residents who say they are concerned about negative health effects from wireless technology.
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The head of Maine’s broadband agency says accessing federal dollars and convincing communities of the importance of high-speed Internet could prove to be impediments to expanding infrastructure to rural areas.
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Plus, an AI-driven wire service aims to boost news coverage of local government; the Census Bureau is sharing information about its differential privacy plans; a rural Indiana county is working toward digital equity; and more.
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The law, which is set to go into effect in July, is among the strictest consumer privacy protections in the country, modeled on a Federal Communications Commission rule that was overturned in 2017 by President Trump.
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The law, which passed in 2019 and takes effect in July, would require Internet service providers to obtain opt-in consent from customers before any sharing or use of personal data could occur.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released funding for an Illinois company's broadband program in Missouri, a day after U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley raised questions about progress on the projects.
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High-speed Internet could be coming to the booming Permian Basin as an oil giant partnered with the State of New Mexico and a communications company to install fiber infrastructure in that region.
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U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is questioning the progress of an Internet company in expanding rural broadband in his state, noting the company has yet to receive a cent of federal funding for the projects.
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