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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The outage late Thursday morning was caused by a storage issue in the county system. County IT officials said there was no external cause for the incident that crashed computers and websites.
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Three years ago, Washington Broadband purchased 40 miles of an old TV cable system running in the region, and has converted it to a two-way, fiber-fed Internet system one community at a time.
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A coalition of 16 cities, including Carson and Torrance, pitched a fiber-optic cable ring as one way to improve congestion by allowing government employees to telecommute and by helping to synchronize traffic lights.
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States, counties and cities across the country have noted the inaccuracy of broadband coverage data from the Federal Communications Commission, but Georgia took a more proactive route.
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As some cities and towns struggle with basic high-speed Internet service, officials in the Elm City are looking at what sort of changes the next-generation service could bring — including changes to the skyline.
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Telecom giant Verizon has filed a lawsuit against the city of Rochester, N.Y., over an ordinance that allows the city to charge as much as $1,500 in fees for the use of the public right-of-way.
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The speed of Comcast’s performance tier will increase from 60 megabits per second to 100 mbps, blast tier will jump from 150 mbps to 200 mbps, and extreme tier customers will go from speeds of 250 mbps to 300 mbps.
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The commission voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the citizen subcommittee “not to adopt body cameras at this time.” Police officials described their report as a “thorough, very detailed analysis.”
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If 5G capability comes to the island community in the weeks to come, it will mean “faster download speeds and the capability to run more complex mobile devices,” according to the municipal association.
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This new program in Council Grove, Kan., is called “Rolling Study Hall” and the kids love it because it means that they can do their Web-based assignments on the long trip to and from school.
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To prepare for 5G's rollout, Ericsson also opened a research and development site and a product design center in Austin. It also created innovation hubs in Silicon Valley and Montreal focused on artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft and Nextlink have created a new partnership that will work on projects aimed at bringing high-speed broadband Internet access to parts of rural Oklahoma where residents often lack connectivity.
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Although many stakeholders within the United States suggest that broadband expansion has positive economic impacts, research urges careful consideration of both short- and long-term outcomes.
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The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court by DBI Networks LLC, doing business as ClearFiber, accused the city of denying access to public rights-of-way by refusing to issue a license agreement.
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The Murrysville Planning Commission heard a presentation recently from the company Crown Castle, which is looking to place 5G antennas in the municipality to create a framework for 5G tech across the state and nation.
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Microsoft has announced plans to help expand Iowa’s broadband coverage through a partnership with a Texas-based Internet service provider that is part of its continuing Microsoft Airband Initiative.
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North Carolina State University has been named as the site of a new next-gen communications research center, funded in part by the National Science Foundation. The center will focus on drone and autonomous vehicle work.
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The ordinance, under discussion, would implement a local law that passed the state legislature earlier this year setting standards and fees for when those antennas are installed on public property.
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