Broadband & Network
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The state has received final federal approval on how it plans to spend nearly $149 million to expand Internet access statewide. The funds come from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. -
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.
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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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According to stakeholders, the library accesses city-owned fiber for the connections, which is a 10 gigabit connection to its main library and 1 gigabit at seven branch libraries.
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With only $500 committed, LePage called the legislation nothing more than a "feel-good" bill.
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A public-private partnership, dubbed The Santa Cruz Fiber Project, envisions improving Internet speed by an average 50-fold to start, primarily by replacing aging copper lines with new fiber optic lines.
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Proponents of municipal broadband say Maine's Legislature has its heart in the right place, but $500 won't buy the citizenry much connectivity.
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Officers will be able to access the integrated system using computers in their patrol cars or stations.
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The legislation commits no state money to the program, but sets up a property tax exemption for 10 years for companies that expand the reach of high-speed broadband service into remote areas.
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The county wants to expand Internet availability to a dozen more sites in each of the next two years.
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A recent poll found that while about 79 percent of households in California have broadband connections at home, 21 percent do not have access.
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The Connect America Fund is giving subsidies to Internet providers in Minnesota so that ratepayers do not see an increase for extending service to high-cost areas in the state.
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Local leaders are lauding the Lowcountry Broadband Plan as a potential economic development tool likely to attract tech and startup businesses to the area.
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Over the next five years, the city will attempt to bring high-speed wired and wireless Internet to every business and home in the city.
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Organizers await commitment from the office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to allow state funds to be applied to the effort.
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Average users won't notice much of a difference at first, but in the background, broadband network owners are scrambling to come to grips with other aspects of the net neutrality rules approved in February.
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The state will still launch the first phase of a new more comprehensive system on time on July 1, but it will not be the system of record for state operations.
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The numbers don't bode well for proponents of municipal broadband in Seattle, but the city has other plans.
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One organization attempting to extend broadband’s reach to areas throughout the state hopes to rely on grant funds to bridge the gap.
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Thanks to the FCC, everyone’s talking about it. But building your own network is harder than it looks.
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Sam England, chief of the Division of Natural Resources’ Parks Section, said the remote rural nature of most parks makes them difficult to connect to the Internet.
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