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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Plus, a tracker follows the progress being made with affordable housing in Atlanta, a New York City plan takes aim at the digital divide, Missouri lawmakers consider a bill that would add a CDO, and more.
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Bay City, Mich., has outlined procedures and requirements for installation of a small cell facility, fees, access to city right-of-way, use of city-owned poles, installation of new poles, location of facilities and more.
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The Federal Communications Commission this week began allowing federally recognized Native American tribes to apply for mid-band spectrum licenses. The licenses were once reserved for educational institutions.
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Due to new technology’s inherent likelihood to leave segments of the population behind, experts and stakeholders say government must work to ensure small-cell network rollouts benefit the whole of communities.
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The Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant Program was funded as a $10 million state pilot program in 2019, with the North Carolina Broadband Office handling applications.
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The money comes as part of a broadband grant from the California Advanced Series Fund, a grant program started in 2008 to bridge the digital divide in unserved and underserved areas in that state.
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Plus, Philadelphia has launched an open data survey; Missouri has built a new website to centralize state government job postings; Pew creates an interactive state debt comparison tool; and more.
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Two bills under consideration would make it easier for electric co-ops to build fiber networks. The legislation would also enable telecom companies to use co-op infrastructure to extend high-speed Internet.
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NextLight, the municipal broadband service for Longmont, Colo., offers a community-driven program that puts low-income families with school-age children on a path to high-speed Internet for no charge.
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The project will roll out more than 200 miles of fiber-optic cable to help 2,609 homes, 12 businesses, and 16 farms in Iberville, St. Landry and Pointe Coupee parishes reach faster speeds.
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The bill comes on the heels of a new broadband plan developed by the ConnectME Authority earlier this month. Under the proposal, the money would come from the state’s general fund.
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With an unexpected $818 million of extra tax revenue headed their way, Wisconsin legislators are contemplating what to do with this new windfall, and one of the ideas under discussion is broadband expansion.
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Residents of Jacksonville, Illinois are demanding improved Internet connection in their homes. A committee meeting discussed the options for fiber-optics and expressed support for the city getting high-speed Internet.
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High-speed Internet is on its way to underserved rural areas of southern Nash County, N.C., according to the tech company contracted to provide broadband service, and so far 400 residents have registered their interest.
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In conjunction with seven other counties, Westmoreland will use a $50,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to study access to and interest in Internet connections throughout the region.
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Since 2016, more than a dozen rural communities in Massachusetts have gained high-speed Internet with state support. Mount Washington and Montgomery, with populations under 1,000, have unique stories to tell.
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Public concern about the health and safety ramifications of the next-generation communications technology was not enough to stop the unanimous approval of a new ordinance by city leaders.
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The FCC says it will use more accurate coverage maps as it disburses more than $20 billion of funds to increase broadband coverage in rural areas — potentially helping thousands in North Carolina.
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