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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A community group based in North Baltimore has attracted more than 900 people and nearly $17,000 in donations to a crowdsourced campaign, the Baltimore Broadband Coalition.
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A recent study imagines the ways hyperfast online connections will begin to transform everyday life, enabling new technologies while rendering contemporary ways of life obsolete.
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After a decade of serving local businesses, the city is releasing business operation of its gigabit network to a private company.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s inspector general is investigating whether Frontier Communications padded invoices with unnecessary costs while building a network paid for with federal stimulus funds.
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Agencies share concerns over the risks associated with storing critical and often sensitive information, including records and personal information, in the cloud.
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The study's findings are intriguing given the Portland area's coming fiber wars, as CenturyLink and Frontier boost Internet speeds in anticipation of Google Fiber's potential arrival -- possibly as soon as next year.
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14 months in, Google's gift begat free public Wi-Fi.
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Petitions from Wilson, N.C., and Chattanooga, Tenn., ask the Federal Communications Commission to pre-empt state barriers to government-owned broadband networks and could lead to legal challenges.
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In the digital age, damage to sensitive communication networks and power grids could be crippling.
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Twenty-five percent of households lack a computer with access to the Internet -- a statistic that's accurate for the nation as a whole.
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The company is in the final stages of winning tax breaks and local government approval to build a $1.1 billion data center in Dublin, Ohio.
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If successful, the plan would begin bringing affordable ultra high-speed Internet to homes and businesses around the state starting about three years from now.
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Michael Mattmiller says Seattle is keeping its options open when it comes to high-speed Internet.
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It was the first time the principal at Oregon's Phoenix High School used the Web-based voicemail notification system in an emergency situation -- and it worked flawlessly.
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Mayor Jim Gray said that within the next six months, the city will release a request for information to determine whether there is interest in a private-public partnership or commercial-only solution to build a fiber-optic network.
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The antiquated systems make it more difficult for the city to issue paychecks, collect taxes, communicate internally and dispatch police and firefighters, city officials have said.
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The Education Exchange, a 3,600-mile network that will deliver access to textbooks, classroom resources and instructional material through its own 10-gigabit connection.
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The debate pits mayors against legislators, counties against states and Republicans against Republicans, as Tennessee's ruling party faces a split within its own ranks and among constituents who say access to broadband should transcend petty politics.
