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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SponsoredThe largest county in Delaware, with over 550,000 residents, found a way to do more with less in order to meet citizen expectations with a cloud-managed network.
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The attraction of drones and balloons is they could cost much less than building cell towers in remote areas. And their location, closer to Earth than satellites, could offer faster response times.
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The results will help the county determine areas that need to be addressed as officials work with Internet service providers, utility companies, broadband organizations, municipalities and the state and federal governments to expand access.
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On Tuesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative, which passed in the most recent Legislative session, could help communities get one step closer to being eligible for the ReConnect funds.
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The state wants 100 percent of households to have access to high-speed Internet, and toward that end it will put $155 million toward rural broadband expansion projects during the next five years.
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SpaceX has helped launch numerous communications satellites for other companies across the globe, but this project would be the company’s entrance into the telecommunications industry as a satellite provider.
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More high-speed Internet service is coming to much-needed areas of rural North Carolina after two state grants totaling $415,000 were recently awarded to Eastern Carolina Broadband of Pink Hill.
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The California legislation follows multiple years of disastrous wildfires where residents didn't receive alerts about the oncoming infernos because of inoperable cell service infrastructure.
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The $3.50 per month per phone tax is seen as a hardship by some, especially those with multiple lines, but the Baltimore County Council is looking for ways to amend the bill to still get the funding they need.
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The proposed legislation, introduced by a Republican and Democrat, establishes the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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After a legislative session filled with debate about overriding the power of local governments, the Florida League of Cities and three communities have challenged a law dealing with wireless technology.
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The state annually ranks counties by greatest need. This year, it is giving out $10 million to 19 rural counties to help them boost their efforts to bring high-speed Internet to their residents.
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Syracuse officials have negotiated the right to conduct on-demand safety inspections of 5G antennas. It joins Portland, Ore., and Brussels, Belgium in setting up safeguards due to scant research on 5G's health effects.
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“There are actual job opportunities ... and without (high-speed) internet, they don’t have that capability,” said Joseph Feehrer, one candidate running for a seat on the Snyder County, Pa., Commission.
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Gov. Jim Justice announced that the state has secured federal grant funding that will be used to improve broadband and high-speed Internet connectivity in Mason, Pocahontas and Wayne counties.
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Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview, successfully pushed through the House, with a 92-2 approval, a bill that would essentially allow fiber optic lines to follow existing power lines in a bid to expand access in rural areas.
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The upgrades will bring in new fiber cabling, replace an outdated server, move old computers to the latest Windows operating system and install ransomware prevention software following an incident earlier this year.
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The council is interested in imposing labor standards on subcontractors that would install the equipment necessary to make Syracuse one of the first cities in the country to have 5G wireless connectivity. But can it?
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