Broadband & Network
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Plus, North Carolina is investing millions in broadband, legislation has advanced in U.S. Congress to assess satellite broadband in the Appalachian region, AI is impacting wireless network demand, and more. -
The federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program makes some $21 billion available for non-deployment purposes. States are exploring how this funding can be used, and questions remain.
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Plus, new legislation would revive the FCC’s equity council if enacted, a report reveals connectivity gaps in tribal communities, some municipal broadband networks outperform their competitors, and more.
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Five of the city's seven commissioners said they would consider creating a publicly owned and operated Internet utility, depending on the results of an upcoming financial analysis and risk assessment.
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The partnership will also enable the state to become a service provider to local entities such as Sacramento County and California State University, Sacramento.
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MetroNet seeks to deploy a 100 percent fiber-optic network throughout the city, which would connect directly to customers' homes or businesses.
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The city of St. Louis, Downtown STL and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership issued a request for information on bringing in ISPs to provide affordable Gigabit Internet similar to the Google service in neighboring Kansas City, Mo.
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Google made an announcement of adding the Pacific Northwest city to its Digital Inclusion Fellowship, which brings Internet to low-income residents. Many speculate that the company will bring its Fiber service next.
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Google was notoriously vague about its project to bring Fiber to the city five years ago, and needs to be open and clear about its newest wireless experiment.
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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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