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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With legal battles still raging, the future of the net neutrality debate remains a mystery. The Federal Communications Commission stands at odds with many state and local governments over controversial policies.
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The 5G Open Innovation Lab, in partnership with Bellevue-based T-Mobile, the University of Washington and the City of Bellevue, will connect 5G startups with investors and technology labs to test their products.
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Rural areas face substantial risks in their efforts to provide high-speed Internet to citizens who live in remote places. Here's what local leaders should consider as they plan to expand broadband.
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Officials have estimated a $97.5 million cost for a citywide fiber-optic network for 44,000 residential homes and businesses, creating capability of offering symmetrical upload and download speeds of 1 gigabit.
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New 5G networks have begun rolling out with the goal of taking wireless data beyond smartphones. 5G aims to create a fabric for connecting sensors, cars, security cameras and millions of other things wirelessly.
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When city staff click the link in a fake phishing email, it triggers a training video about the dangers of a real phishing attack. The move is in response to a recent ransomware attack against the public school system.
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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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