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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Once meant to evaluate sewer, water and housing projects, community development block grants now include broadband accessibility projects.
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The town of Lewisburg, and some neighborhoods, are hoping to secure their own high-speed Internet service.
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To date, 27 states have officially opted in to FirstNet, increasing the forward momentum behind the nation's broadband first responder network.
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Much like the early efforts to bring power to rural parts of the state, providing Internet service will be both costly and labor-intensive.
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Leaders in the town of Milton have formed a committee to explore town-run broadband service.
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Google will deploy a balloon-based cellular network over the island to restore communications infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Maria.
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The topic, often more at home in federal and state races, has become a central one in the race for an Ames City Council seat.
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Most people don’t think about it, but everything you do online can be tracked.
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Though state law allows for the placement of 5G antennas, the city’s new ordinance will allow officials some say in where they are installed.
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In its quest to spearhead last-mile fiber-optic broadband at gigabit speeds, Riverside County seeks participants, not mere proposals, for a project worth as much as $4 billion.
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The company denies the claims that it offers high-speed Internet service in wealthier neighborhoods, while skipping over low-income, minority neighborhoods.
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Cellphones have been incredibly disruptive to 911 call centers. From pinpointing caller locations to things like text messaging and video capabilities, many jurisdictions are having to adapt to meet a growing constituency of mobile devices.
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The data cable named Marea, Spanish for “tide,” will be capable of sending 160 terabits of data per second or 16 million times faster than the average home Internet connection.
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Though the state still has some work to do connecting 14,000 households to broadband, they are not alone in the fight. Nationally, the digital divide proves to be a difficult issue to resolve.
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The Brookings Institution has mapped broadband availability and subscription rates at the neighborhood level. The digital resource highlights the need for better connectivity across the United States.
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The $22 million price tag for a fiber optic network in Yellow Medicine County has some urging officials to consider a hybrid network to help tame the cost.
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94 percent of all school districts in the country meet minimum federal connectivity target.
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Comcast claims in a lawsuit filed Aug. 28 that Vermont regulators have placed unreasonable burdens on it that could cost tens of millions of dollars, and that some of that cost could be passed onto cable subscribers.
