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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A new report guides communities toward the types of questions they should be asking when coffers are low but implementing broadband is a must.
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Jersey City Mayor, Steve Fulop wanted more transparency and trust in the public sector, so he set out on a mission to create the City's open data portal, even though that largely meant starting from scratch.
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Some large Internet providers are calling out government-owned electric utilities for cheating in the open market.
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An official announcement about whether the plan will be finalized is expected within the next couple of months.
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To help narrow the digital divide, the program aims to provide about 2,000 households in the city with access to Google Fiber.
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Chattanooga will offer 10 gigabit broadband speed to over 170,000 customers in an attempt to capture emerging tech entrepreneurs.
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The agreement with Information Transport Solutions will provide fiber to all school, county, and private business buildings in the county.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $500 million broadband initiative hoping to close the digital divide between metropolitan and rural New Yorkers, and Otsego County intends to cash in.
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Broadband is magic that directly or indirectly enables us to do things we could not do before, or do them more easily.
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Sponsors of the legislation argue that by extending broadband to rural parts of the state, they will help bring those citizens into the 21st century.
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A well-known tech company plans to use a skydiving property to develop drones that can beam Internet service to communities that currently go without.
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Long Island will be equipped with innovative sensors that will provide data on water levels, rainfall, wind and other factors to a satellite every 12 minutes.
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The initiative is part of a local data company's plan to build a 367-mile fiber-optic network that will increase internet speeds up to 1,000 megabytes per second.
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Here's a quick look at the states that restrict municipal broadband -- along with their average connection speed and percentage of citizens that live in a home with high-speed access.
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It’s 2015 and too many Americans still lack broadband Internet service. What’s the problem and who should fix it?
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The project will help Maine reach its broadband potential, as the state has regularly scored in the bottom tier of Internet speeds.
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Our 10 government, industry and nonprofit representatives answer to what extent universal access to broadband will be accomplished in 10 years.
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Our 10 government, industry and nonprofit representatives answer in what ways they think barriers to broadband access can be overcome.
