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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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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A bill signed by Gov. Scott Walker directs the Public Service Commission to certify eligible communities as “Broadband Forward!” as long as they adopt an ordinance to streamline the process between them and the service provider.
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Gov. Mark Dayton is requesting $100 million in bonding for Greater Minnesota broadband infrastructure this session.
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As a part of Comcast's Internet Essentials Program, more than 600,000 low-income families in Philadelphia, Miami, Nashville and Seattle will have access to Internet.
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Gov. Mark Dayon proposed $100 million to boost high-speed Internet access in rural Minnesota, touting the goal in recent weeks as an economic development tool for businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Supporters of rural broadband have tried for seven years to win approval of some form of legislation allowing local publicly owned electric utilities to expand their high-speed Internet services.
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Millinocket, Maine, is working with the ConnectME Authority, a state agency whose mission is to facilitate the universal availability of broadband access to all Mainers to attract businesses to the area.
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The service offered by Mediacom isn't limited to Jacksonville; it would provide 1 gigabit-per-second broadband services to virtually all of the 3 million homes and businesses within the 1,500 communities in the 22 states that it serves.
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The diversity in recent municipal broadband projects history indicate a trend of innovation. No longer content to wait for private industry, cities large and small are building the kinds of networks and partnerships that serve the persistent demand for connectivity.
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The project was designed to link rural communities with high-speed fiber. but the House stuck the bill in its Political Subdivisions Committee, where it has languished for weeks and is expected to stay while the session ends.
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The service's connectivity relies on a combination of T-Mobile and Sprint's networks, as well as available Wi-Fi for the strongest signal and fastest data.
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The city's chief financial officer, however, is less optimistic and believes margins of error between success and failure are too thin for him to recommend that the city spend the $220 million to $270 million necessary to complete the expansion.
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Google's Pittsburgh office said the grants to the city's Larimer and East Liberty neighborhoods fit with the company's core mission to promote universal Internet access.
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