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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The expansion will include municipal services as well as residential and commercial buildings.
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Although the college town already has over 100 miles of fiber optic cable laid, it has been ignored, however City Council members are looking to change that soon.
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Organizations with sensitive data are having to look more carefully than ever before at how they approach their cybersecurity strategies in the face of more organized threats. One expert advocates for collecting and sharing information to better thwart bad actors.
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If users go over their allotted data, they can be charged $10 for every 50 gigabytes they go over.
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AT&T is launching in the Florida city despite Comcast's existing presence and the fact that Google Fiber is in negotiations to create a fiber-optic network throughout the region.
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Thin cables about as big around as a garden hose traverse the Earth's oceans carrying all our intercontinental Internet data. No one's in charge and no one's defending them.
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Although there is considerable gridlock in Congress, expanding broadband networks has received widespread support, especially for a dig-once piece, which would lay broadband cables while doing road repairs to minimize traffic congestion.
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The Regional Asset Verification Emergency Network, or RAVEN911, pools together data on infrastructure and overlays it on a map to let first responders know what buildings are worth note.
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The new network will give CenterPoint and Trade Park in South Pennsylvania Internet speeds of up to 10 Gigabits-per-second.
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Google has been looking into several cities in Florida, most notable being Tampa and Jacksonville, to broaden their Google Fiber network.
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A team backed by the university is attempting to mimic the atmosphere of Silicon Valley, where young business owners and venture capitalists interact everyday.
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Verizon's new platform is looking to jump-start the development and deployment of technology that will connect everyday objects.
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One of the first features of the new IoT in San Francisco will be a series of smart streetlights.
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Wi-Fi advocates fear LTE-U won’t play nice with rival technologies in unlicensed spectrum frequencies, crowding them out and slowing down Web browsing for Wi-Fi users.
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Billions of devices can connect to the Internet, affording cyberattackers a wide range of opportunity.
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The city has entered into an agreement with an Internet service provider to get high-speed connectivity to more than 2,000 homes.
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Although the North Carolinia city has a $24 million fiber system, many of the residents are not able to reach Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second.
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New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is creating a crowdsourced campaign against major telecommunications, which he claims mislead the public with deceitful coverage maps.
