Broadband & Network
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Plus, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance offers digital inclusion programming guidance amid mass enforcement actions, a report reveals consumer cost concerns, millions of seniors lack service, and more. -
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.
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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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An ongoing project spearheaded by city officials, called Gigabit Keene, has begun to address how the city might pave the way for faster Internet, in the city and region.
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Wireless money has been pouring into the city, and not just because it’s the nation’s 33rd-biggest market, with a metro-area population of 2 million.
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Beginning in 2018, fiber will be buried to reach every customer — business and residential — in 27 cities and townships.
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If plans continue, the county would oversee access to public rights-of-way in unincorporated areas and coordinate with local city governments on the network's design and construction.
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Two companies have filed permitting paperwork on behalf of the tech giant, and Google confirmed July 1 that it has filed its first permit application with the city.
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The vandalism was the latest of nearly a dozen such attacks during the last year across the region, an FBI spokesman said.
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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.
