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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Most of the outages were in Southern California, with a dozen cell sites down in Orange County and two dozen in San Diego. None were reported out in Los Angeles County, where the Tick Fire is burning.
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The first internet communication was underwhelming, thanks to a computer crash. But a lot has happened since then – including key decisions that helped build the internet of today.
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As government agencies and nonprofit groups help prepare communities for the nation’s first high-tech Census, digital inclusion advocates see a chance to bridge digital divides that span well past next year’s count.
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Marshall Stewart, who is the University of Missouri’s vice chancellor for extension and engagement as well as the UM system’s chief engagement officer, sees a necessity for his institution to lead in this area.
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Residents in Hinsdale, Western Springs and Oak Brook have raised concerns as 5G wireless antennas begin making their way into their villages, and in Hinsdale officials are giving some backing to those concerns.
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With roughly 5,600 customers in two New Mexico counties, Internet Essentials is the nation’s largest, most comprehensive and most successful low-income broadband adoption initiative, officials say.
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With society rapidly digitizing and high-speed Internet access fast-becoming a vital utility, government must work to balance the needs of underserved populations with financial realities.
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The lack of physicians in rural areas could be offset by using telehealth delivered by community-based digital networks. That, in turn, can make non-urban areas more livable and sustainable for seniors.
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Boulder is requesting bids to build about 55 miles of the city’s fiber-optic cable backbone network, and 10 miles of fiber lateral extensions. The city is seeking to build world-class telecommunications infrastructure.
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The new and better Internet access will give students improved services for their homework; farmers better WiFi for their equipment; and people within the community the ability to work from home.
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While the FCC has issued maps showing nearly all of Iowa has access to at least one high-speed broadband provider, experts say the reality is many pockets of rural Iowa lack connections for vital work.
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As part of the internationally recognized Digital Inclusion Week, we talked with Delaware CIO James Collins about how broadband-related ideas like return on investment and digital equity may collide or coexist.
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A grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will expand Erie's Secure Smart City Pilot — a project launched last year to help use data collection to better manage resources, fight crime and improve efficiency.
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The overarching goal of this roughly $324 million project is to provide an essential highway of an Internet network that commercial companies can connect to in order to build a “last-mile” stretch of Internet access.
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Plus, Washington, D.C., preps for digital inclusion week; Florida relaunches and expands its commercial property search tool; and the National Digital Inclusion Alliances unveils two new tools for local government.
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Taxpayers Protection Alliance, which is a national taxpayer watchdog organization that is based in Washington, D.C., is now joining a debate over a possible city-owned broadband utility in Iowa.
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The network would provide fast and secure Internet for city hall, the police, fire and public works departments, while also offering the capability to eventually feed fiber optic cable into other parts of the city.
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A newly minted Oregon nonprofit is partnering with a California-based education and research network to better connect universities. The new deal will also help deliver public services, officials say.
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