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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By rejecting the public option, Boulder avoids a scenario in which it spends about $100 million or more on the build-out.
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Known also as AcceleratePA, the Monroe Gigabit Project aims to bring gigabit internet service to clients in the area for an annual cost of $1,000 or less.
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The plan would not be to provide direct internet service to homes in the town, but to create a “middle mile."
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Fiber can provide symmetrical upload and download speeds that allow tech startups to give as much as they demand; it responds to the growing trend of telecommuting employees; and ubiquitous broadband gives employees parallel service between work and home.
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A coalition that includes the youth-driven Generation WV and AARP West Virginia is urging Gov. Jim Justice to quickly approve legislation that will allow the same type of cooperatives that were used to build out the nation's electrical grid.
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Although universal wireless internet and information sent by lasers over thin air may sound appealing, experts say a fiber infrastructure is the immediate future of fast internet.
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The private company that currently runs the network filed for bankruptcy in March, and its parent company is suing the state in U.S. District Court, arguing it has no long-term obligation to keep the network running.
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AT&T, Comcast, Consolidated Communications and Spectrum (formerly Time Warner) only sped up their service after Google Fiber came to town. They all insist it was customer demand, not Google, that prodded them.
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Americans broke ranks with Washington on the subject of government-run broadband networks, with 70 percent overall believing “local governments should be able to build their own broadband networks if existing services in the area are either too expensive or not good enough.”
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Proponents argue that to have a blanketing “statewide framework” for approving small-cell projects would streamline the process of deploying the most cutting-edge technology for customers.
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The ports of Lewiston and Clarkston spent months negotiating, and in recent weeks, elected officials from both counties and both cities signed an agreement.
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Local elected leaders, administrators, public utility managers and community stakeholders are stepping up their advocacy game in response to recent legislative losses.
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The Stockton and San Joaquin County library system is using its recent membership in the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California to join a high-speed broadband network that provides Internet service to the state's public universities and schools.
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Rochester, Minn., is studying whether or not the value of municipal broadband will outweigh the costs.
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Chairman Ajit Pai could offer a plan to repeal the rules barring ISPs from blocking, throttling, or favoring web traffic for a fee as early as April.
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A portion of the meeting focused on 5G and the Internet of Things with presentations from Verizon and AT&T on network capabilities.
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Just days after President Donald Trump signed legislation into law allowing Internet service providers (ISPs) to sell the personal data of customers, several states moved ahead with legislation to protect the data of their constituents.
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PUD fiber engineers told commissioners that the county’s hilly, tree-covered terrain would make for spotty coverage from wireless broadband, and the cost to maintain it would be higher.
