Broadband & Network
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The state has made a new investment to secure better web access for rural and other underserved residents. The state earlier this year announced it had gained a big federal grant for such work. -
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.
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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.
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When it comes to high-speed broadband, meeting demand isn’t always in the incumbent's business model -- so Connecticut is taking matters into its own hands.
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Government officials in Columbia, Mo., want to light and expand the city’s dark fiber infrastructure. But incumbent Internet service providers may raise unfair competition claims if the plan goes forward.
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AT&T said Tuesday it will bring lightning-fast connection to Atlanta, giving the city its first broad commitment for speeds up to 100 times faster than average the American home.
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The city's new fiber optic broadband will provide faster connection speeds and greater bandwidth than the current DSL and cable connections.
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After Google announced last year that Austin would be the second city to get its Google Fiber service, Time Warner Cable and AT&T said they were ready to make additional investments in their networks.
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The people who would actually use the first nationwide public safety wireless communications network have largely been left out of its creation, possibly hurting its effectiveness.
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States increasingly are dropping their caution and embracing cloud computing. What’s driving the move to the cloud?
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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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