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 undertaking by the Southern Alleghenies 911 Cooperative — made up of Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Fulton and Huntingdon counties — will allow each 911 center to connect to the other regional centers.
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As Boulder plans a citywide high-speed Internet backbone, the City Council will vote on whether to spend $2.5 million more to build several additional connections that would extend the broadband to specific locations.
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When it comes to showing images, maps and other digital evidence in Riverhead Justice Court, there are technological limitations. A new state law expanding the admissibility of all digital evidence in courts is adding pressure.
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Over half of respondents to a recent survey felt residents, government and private industry of the state need to act quickly to implement high-speed Internet infrastructure in rural areas.
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Companies are increasingly looking to place small cell antennas throughout cities large and small, but each locality varies when it comes to their level of enthusiasm about the technology.
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According to Mohawk Networks, the project cost has “nearly doubled” because of the increasing costs of steel, the cost and time challenges of acquiring tower sites and site “topography.”
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Vladimir Putin's complaints about Western power over telecommunications echo – if not co-opt – concerns raised by less powerful nations for decades.
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The issue of pre-emption is behind the opposition of two state proposals that would limit cities’ ability to ban plastic shopping bags and control over where 5G antennas could be placed in public spaces.
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Technology experts have long worried about a 'digital divide' between those who could use computers and those who could not. Artificial intelligence algorithms are widening the gulf.
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The three counties are in the process of selecting a wireless provider to help deliver high-speed Internet to rural areas that currently lag far behind the access of more densely-populated areas.
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Rather than deciding the extent to which local government could control 5G infrastructure installations, lawmakers sent stakeholders to an informal study session with no defined form.
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The money will go toward restoring certain roads and public rights-of-way affected by the private company's recent decision to discontinue efforts to establish the high-speed Internet service in the city.
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Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Ron Johnson are sponsoring the Access Broadband Act, which hopes to boost resources for business and communities in rural and underserved urban communities.
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A planned reset of the global GPS system last weekend disrupted some city services. But officials say no critical systems were impacted and that the NYCWiN network will be fully restored within a few days.
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A draft ordinance includes language that would place size restrictions on the wireless facilities and encourage them to be located on already existing streetlights or utility poles.
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker has offered up a Republican-friendly version of the Democrats’ Save the Internet Act of 2019, which is expected to die on arrival in the GOP-run Senate.
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It's called the FiberTRAXtor, and it looks like some kind of riding lawnmower. The machine uses a protective substance to glue fiber to the ground at 500 feet per hour, hoping to cut install time and costs.
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The role, which will be filled by Joshua Edmonds, is aimed at helping the city address digital equity issues, specifically when it comes to expanding access to the Internet for residents of Detroit.
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