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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Though plans to deploy interactive kiosks throughout the city are uncertain, the telecommunications company is still engaged in 5G deployment efforts in the area.
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The 50-mile fiber-optic project that began in 2016 could eventually connect more than 100,000 residents throughout the community.
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The Internet of Things has the power to transform how we work and live. But without the right leadership, new investments and better strategies, government risks losing out on this opportunity.
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City staff are rushing to write an emergency ordinance to head off what they expect to be a flood of the antennas in the public right of way.
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The addition of Sinclair Community College to a regional fiber-optic partnership is bringing much needed state grants funds to a project officials say will boost connectivity and business opportunity.
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More than 100 communities applied to join Neighborly's inaugural Community Broadband Accelerator, prompting the company to expand the cohort to 35 participants in 18 states.
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In partnership with Responder Corp., the telecommunications giant is launching 5G First Responder Lab, a maker space in Washington, D.C., for designing and building faster communications tech for emergency situations.
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To expand Internet service into underserved areas, service providers often need to use public property but the rules can vary from one region to the next.
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Erie, Colo., has opted out of an old senate bill, and joins several other communities that have voted in recent years to open up a path to alternative broadband solutions to their communities' connectivity issues.
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Public and private partners gathered in Salt Lake City with Mayor Jackie Biskupski to discuss the future of the city’s connectivity and the introduction of a policy that will formalize the city’s commitment.
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The company has many contracts with the government and military, and is also positioned to win subsidies for rural broadband initiatives in the next decade.
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County leaders contend the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in limiting local controls over where telecom companies can place small cell antennas.
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State lawmakers acknowledged the lack of Internet access in underserved areas and called for bipartisan cooperation to close the gap.
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Hardware Trojans are, like the Greek horse used to sneak in soldiers, designed to appear harmless while in actuality they perform secret malicious operations.
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Floods of traffic can clog up an Internet server and the wires connecting it to other systems.
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There is no data to indicate that net neutrality is a priority for midterm voters. In fact, the Brookings Institution found that the top three issues for Floridians this year are health care, immigration and guns, respectively.
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The outage during an Oct. 2 meeting forced council members to find alternative means of live-streaming the meeting and accessing documents.
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It might sound scary, but the ‘dark web’ is not much different from the rest of the internet.
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