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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It will be important for the states to monitor federal legislation to ensure that their interests are taken into account.
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The so-called Emotet virus infected computers in Anne Arundel County Library last week, taking them offline and exposing user data.
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The 2018 MetroLab Network Summit in New Jersey is bringing university, city and tech leaders from around the country.
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The cost of the summer cyberattack that devastated the Matanuska-Susitna Borough computer system has already topped $2 million. Now officials are asking for more.
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Lawmakers are divided when it comes to technology policy, but there may be baseline principles both parties can rally behind.
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Some areas of Northwest Indiana have as many as 11 types of digital services, while others have a single provider or no coverage at all.
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A detection center filled with views from a 22-camera network allows employees to constantly be on the lookout for just-sparked wildfires.
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The Cleveland Foundation announced a nearly $500,000 grant to support the PCs for People initiative, which aims to close the digital divide.
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When Louisville residents voted to free the city from Senate Bill 152 last November, it allowed officials to explore how a citywide high-speed fiber-optic network could function.
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Nearly 12,000 Aiken County, S.C., residents lack access to even the most basic Internet service.
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The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in western Pennsylvania announced Russian military operatives were behind an attack on Westinghouse Electric Corp. four years ago.
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The town of Fairfax will study the viability of fiber network in place of new 5G antennas.
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Exploitation of the technology supply chain reportedly allowed the foreign government to infiltrate the computer networks of 30 major U.S. companies.
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Originally intended to extend Internet access to far-flung areas, a collaboration between UC San Diego and San Diego County has been used to monitor and respond to several recent wildfires.
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A request for proposals was issued for a community broadband study Oct. 3.
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A plan could be developed by 2019 to roll out free Wi-Fi across Erie.
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Public interest groups, companies and 32 states have challenged the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last year to end regulation of Internet providers.
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The ‘Presidential Alert’ received across the country was part of a test to evaluate the readiness of federal emergency communication infrastructure.
