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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After attempts to limit city-run high-speed Internet services in Maine, U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass legislation that would block any such effort.
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While some in the city are connected to faster service, some residents and businesses are left to fend for themselves.
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Similar to the action taken by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock Jan. 22, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order requires Internet service providers to adhere to certain net neutrality principles to be eligible for government contracts.
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With their focus toward closing the rural connectivity gaps, Connect Americans Now wants to see affordable broadband everywhere by 2022.
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The telecom’s CEO Randall Stephenson called for Congress, not regulators, to establish principles surrounding the governance of data and access to service.
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Recently introduced legislation would force Internet service providers to maintain net neutrality standards or risk losing contracts they hold with state government.
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A federal registry of broadband infrastructure assets could be a step toward bringing Internet to rural parts of the state, advocates argue.
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Despite public calls to disallow the 200-foot Verizon cell tower in the rural area, county officials determined the project would have no negative impacts on the surrounding environment or its residents.
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Over the last decade, California’s urban centers have become technology hubs, but in low-income neighborhoods and rural communities across the state — families struggle to connect at all.
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The state will give funds to 52 cities and counties as part of the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act.
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Leveraging the county’s fiber-optic infrastructure is one key piece of the broadband puzzle, but officials in Whitman County said there is still a need for investment.
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Cincinnati is installing more than 20,000 feet of fiber communications in its central business district.
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A county official says providing Internet access to rural areas is not a matter of ability so much as finding the cash to make it happen.
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Attorney General Douglas Chin has joined a coalition of 22 other state attorney generals in a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission's recent rollback of Obama-era Internet protections.
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More than a dozen states have started legislative responses to the FCC's ruling to roll back net neutrality, but the bills are likely to face legal challenges.
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The 2015 New NY Broadband program is bringing connectivity to an area plagued by slow Internet speeds.
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A recently signed executive order would expedite requests for local broadband facilities, a move legislators believe could extend Internet access to the less populated areas of the state.
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Changes to a subsidized broadband program could affect millions across the country and thousands in the state of Ohio.
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