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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CISD at MCLB-Albany is responsible for ensuring reliability of communications and technology infrastructure.
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Donations and persistence are helping teachers and students resuscitate classroom technology damaged by recent wildfires.
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The telecommunications tax, along with existing sales taxes on network equipment, would help pay for the cost of building high-speed Internet lines to the 16 percent of Georgians who live in rural areas that currently lack Internet access.
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About a month remains before responses to New York City's Request for Information are due, part of the city's quest to deploy affordable, equitable, gigabit-speed broadband citywide.
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After Gov. Chris Sununu announced the state would not join the national first responders network, some of the largest employers are urging officials to reconsider.
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The technology certainly has benefits, but some say they could be outweighed by its drawbacks.
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The multi-agency communications system will grant authorities access to six state towers, five of them located in areas just outside the county.
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Commissioners say they would like to see a vote that would start measuring the costs of creating a fiber optics utility test area.
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Legislators on both sides of the aisle say they plan to fight the rollback of Obama-era net neutrality protections.
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When faced with slow, costly Internet service, one man built his community a fast, cheap alternative.
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Chattanooga’s EPB, a city-owned Internet service provider, is vowing to uphold the best interests of its customers following the Dec. 14 vote by the FCC to dismantle net neutrality regulations.
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As the U.S. weakens its protections for Internet users, it risks falling behind the rest of the world, which is embracing the importance of regulation to preserve an open Internet.
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Public IT leaders worry that the end of net neutrality will harm their constituents, and are searching for solutions.
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Stripping net neutrality could cause low-income communities to lose high-speed access if ISPs decide to rollback service in their neighborhoods.
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Facing stagnant growth in rural areas, a group of legislators is pushing a package that includes access to tax breaks and high-speed Internet for new residents.
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The city terminated the $512,000 contract after only 19 customers were signed up for service.
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With only one high-speed Internet option in the city, a New Jersey-based provider is looking to implement a city-wide network as early as next year.
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The Port of Ridgefield will need legislative approval before it can lay a 42-mile dark fiber loop in the district.
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