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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Voters rejected the idea of a township-owned Internet service two years ago, but are finally getting access to high-speed service through a major ISP.
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Securing your home’s connection to the internet.
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Plus, San Antonio seeks a smart city coordinator; San Francisco expands digital inclusion effort for public housing residents; and Philadelphia seeks input on city forms.
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The city plans to build out 55 miles of fiber-optic cable at an overall cost of around $9 million.
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FirstNet and AT&T distributed 80 FirstNet devices to fire, police and incident response teams to help connect first responders during the Boston Marathon.
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San Mateo County, Calif., is set to lead a smart city project through a new IoT lab aimed at deploying the technology on a regional scale.
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The emergency management system expanded its reach in late April and removes low-priority calls from public airwaves while improving regional agency coordination.
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Access to Internet service, aging infrastructure and costly health care surfaced as top concerns for residents living in rural parts of the state, according to a new report.
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State CIO Darryl Ackley on the challenges of modernizing infrastructure and getting to the next big thing in gov tech.
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Officials are discussing how to go about aligning the largely disconnected web of city software for better service delivery and transparency.
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A proposal to run high-speed, fiber-optic broadband cable along the right-of-way could cost as much as $300 million, but officials believe selling access to ISPs will make it all worth it.
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Chief Information Officer Yessica Jones outlines the many benefits the state hopes to achieve by consolidating its data center environment.
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HB 1312 in the Colorado legislature was reaching to tie state broadband grants to net neutrality practices.
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Plans to enhance broadband and cell coverage in the New Mexico capital are getting a boost from several new telecommunication franchise agreements.
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Earlier this week, Gov. Jeff Colyer signed a bill into law creating a task force to map locations statewide that are in need of a broadband boost.
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Portions of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality repeal order officially began to take effect Monday, as more than two dozen states aim to find workarounds to the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
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Rep. Dave Loebsack's Rural Wireless Access Act directs the FCC to make a new wireless coverage map to better ensure what communities are most in need.
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Two battle-tested technology chiefs share lessons from the front lines of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
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