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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is allowing a ruling from the Federal Communications Commission — one that takes away decision-making from local government on small cell equipment — go into effect.
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U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville introduced a new bill named the Connect America Fund Accountability Act of 2019 that requires companies who receive fund money to give more information on their testing methods.
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The root of CenturyLink's massive outage came from a faulty piece of hardware in Denver that spewed out batches of incorrect information and crashed the system, a phenomenon known as "Sorcerer’s Apprentice Syndrome."
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The task force was created in May last year, but has yet to meet. Now its first meeting, set for Jan. 11, comes just four days before its first report to the Legislature is due. Also, its membership is changing.
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City officials asked for more information about a plan to add a secondary fiber-optic line to link with Naperville’s network. The existing connection enables a shared emergency communication system.
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Officials from Las Vegas and Los Angeles discussed recent partnerships with tech firms that will take advantage of new technologies to boost public safety, reduce energy costs and expand urban communications.
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Last year, city officials signed a 30-year, no-cost contract with SiFi Networks to design, build and maintain a high-speed fiber-optic network within city limits.
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The fight over Obama-era Internet protections is taking place at several levels of the judicial system in 2019. One case asks whether the Federal Communications Commission overstepped in its repeal of the neutrality rules.
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Companies have made large strides toward rolling out small cell antennas throughout the country and many smartphone users can expect access by the second quarter of 2019.
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State lawmakers hope to work on legislation that will close broadband connectivity gaps and help to usher in access to better rural health care.
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Counties in Washington state put out alternative numbers for residents to dial on Dec. 28 after a national Internet outage affecting CenturyLink customers disrupted the work of 911 call centers.
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The U.S. Census accounted for population size, geographical and income limitations when they surveyed Kentucky's access to broadband and found that those were contributing factors to the state's broadband issues.
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Maine Gov.-elect Janet Mills has nominated ConnectME Authority executive Heather Johnson, who is currently in charge of expanding broadband in the state, to lead the Department of Economic and Community Development.
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As part of Comcast's Internet Essentials program the company is offering 12,000 low-income residents of the Colorado town high-speed internet starting at $9.95 and Internet-ready computers for $150.
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Phase III of New York's broadband plan was supposed to help rural communities connect to the Internet, but the state's board of supervisors is less than impressed, and in Hampton, 260 units have no accessibility.
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After requesting proposals, Traverse City Light & Power have narrowed down the results and are spending the next weeks visiting the companies, with a goal to submit a recommendation to the board January 22nd.
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New Mexico ranks No. 48, just ahead of Arkansas and Mississippi and one notch below West Virginia, having just 73.7 percent of households connected to broadband, compared to the national average: 81.4 percent.
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Beaumont, Texas, paused its proposal for small cell installations as officials worked out details to help keep the city's aesthetic intact, and now AT&T says the new regulations breaks state law.
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