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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Under Alphabet, the company aims to better organize those businesses by operating as a collection of separate entities.
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City council members are making known their wish list of what they hope Comcast can deliver, including whether the company can offer free Internet in city recreation centers, prisons and parks.
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When you use ping, you’re measuring the latency of the connection between the Internet device and a Web address.
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A few experts have pieced together enough evidence to conclude that AT&T's wired network was the culprit.
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These awards will help provide yet another resource to help cities and counties navigate the murky waters they find themselves in when it comes to broadband.
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The goal is to produce faster streaming and downloads for consumers, more high-quality spectrum for wireless companies, cash for broadcasters and billions of dollars in licensing fees for the federal government to help reduce the budget deficit.
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The two counties will now work to help secure funding for the initiative through the "New NY Broadband Program," a $500 million grant program included in the 2015-16 state budget.
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The company's discounted Internet service for low-income families is being doubled -- to 10 megabits per second.
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The USDA is establishing two funding cycles to review and prioritize applications for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee program.
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Facebook's Connectivity Lab has completed work on an unmanned aircraft it calls Aquila, which can send Internet signals from the sky to users below.
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In 10 years, Google Fiber may be as prevalent as AT&T, Comcast and Charter in a handful of big cities — but the biggest metropolitan centers remain conspicuously absent from the company’s Fiber roster.
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The structures will serve as the backbone for Google’s high-speed network.
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The legislation calls for Homeland Security to set up and enforce standards for cybersecurity among the.gov agencies, and would empower the department to conduct risk assessment and take action when a cyberthreat is detected.
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The agency helps create a critical mass around the broadband issue and legitimizes the focus.
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City officials have announced a years-long project to turn Hudson into a Gigabit City through the creation of Velocity Broadband, a city-owned Internet service.
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Richmond's high-crime, low-income Iron Triangle is getting free Internet access from the city, and if new grants come in, access will expand.
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Though some disapprove of the choice being made so quickly, commissioners say the need for high-speed Internet in outlying parts of the county, and the closing window for access to federal funds, trumps the usual lengthy public hearing process.
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The final year-end numbers show districts in the state spent just $2.2 million of the allotted $3.64 million to negotiate their own broadband contracts; the other $1.37 million will revert to the state general fund.
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