Broadband & Network
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Plus, federal legislation supporting rural Internet access gets introduced, Utah’s legislature will consider a law establishing digital literacy education, Texas is investing millions in broadband expansion, and more. -
Hawaii has received federal approval to begin spending nearly $149 million to expand high-speed Internet statewide, marking one of the largest digital infrastructure investments in state history.
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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.
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The underground fiber cables that deliver broadband access have been laid in fits and starts in the state, creating a hierarchy of haves and have-nots.
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While the majority of people without broadband home access still connect to the Internet with their smartphones or public computers, their use is limited.
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The Obama administration asks the Federal Communications Commission to open up cable box production to the tech industry.
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The broadband service will benefit students who rely on the Internet for homework assignments, college applications and other school-related work.
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The company will build on the network that made Google Fiber service possible to test new technology to determine if it can make the Internet fast and wireless.
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San Antonio is the second Texas city, after Austin, to receive the ultra-fast Internet speeds. Although there has been no definite date for the service to be available, construction is entering its final phase.
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San Jose will be one of Facebook Connectivity Lab’s first examples of how the Terragraph network might be used to cheaply scale high-bandwidth wireless connectivity for a high volume of users.
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As Google continues to bundle its services to sweeten the deal for brands, a disproportionate amount of ad spending will move to Google and away from publishers that might have otherwise been included in the campaigns.
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Verizon and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh say the company will spend $300 million to install fiber optic cable throughout the entire city.
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The elimination of the free tier suggests a major change in the tech giant's approach to expanding the Internet's reach to low-income households.
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Rep. Dave Loebsack’s Small Business Broadband Deployment Act extends the FCC exemption from its enhanced transparency rules for small Internet service providers for five years to help extend rural broadband in the state.
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The city's fiber-like wireless proof-of-concept project may very well drive the movement to municipal fiber.
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Under AB 2395 by Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, telephone companies would have three years to educate the public about alternative phone services. Starting in 2020, a phone company could discontinue landline service so long as an alternative service is available in the area.
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The think tank is opposed to city utilities getting into competitive telecommunications, and is attempting to raise doubts about its potential costs to city taxpayers and electricity users.
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A company’s struggle to deliver Internet to 100,000 users underscores the challenge of providing universal access in areas where commercial access points are rare and home-based broadband is unaffordable for many.
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Mayor Ed Murray emphasized that the city needs help from private businesses to expand technology access, highlighting Comcast and Google for recent programs that bring Internet to some low-income residents.
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The "smart" concept doesn't just apply to cities; Illinois is proving that it can become the nation's first smart state.
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More than 60 million Americans don’t have Internet at home with nearly half saying they can’t afford it, according to the Pew Research Center.
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