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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The Broadband Consortium Pacific Coast formed in early July, finding ways to motivate broadband providers to lay more fiber optics across Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
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The city’s unusual legal claim was made possible only in the past few months, after FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the federal agency will consider pre-empting local laws that stifle broadband competition.
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The upgrades, including replacement of the county's 17 existing network switches, will allow programs and data to be centralized on servers located in the courthouse.
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Cupertino is home to Apple, Inc., Seagate Technology, SugarCRM and several more tech companies. The city of 58,000 also is one of the wealthiest in the U.S.
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If cities don’t take charge of their own fate for high-speed Internet, they could be waiting years to get fiber infrastructure in their community.
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Although AT&T did not say how widespread the Jacksonville coverage area would be, the service would be geared toward residential customers and small businesses.
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Internet providers in Siren, Wis. and a handful of other rural towns now offer what's called gigabit broadband speed, adopting the saying 'big city technology and small town service.'
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As Rockport, Maine lights its municipal gigabit fiber-optic network, many other towns across the state contemplate the economic and quality of life benefits fiber promises.
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The Internet of Things should continue to expand at a high rate through 2019, research from Accenture Interactive has revealed.
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The cloud multiplier effect means data breaches in the cloud are increasing -- and becoming more costly. With so many states and localities opting to host their data there, what happens when breaches occur?
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WIFIRE system will use sophisticated computer techniques to monitor and predict the spread of wildfire.
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The town and its partners own the network and will make it available to any service provider that wants to connect homes and businesses.
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New hotspots are branded as "Oh, Ranger! Wi-Fi."
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Fredericksburg Internet speeds are about to improve due to a new dark fiber cable network along Interstate 95.
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Technology has the power to unite but also the potential to divide.
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Glynn County Administrator Alan Ours said the economic recession of recent years forced departments to put off necessary upgrades until now.
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Is it government’s business to compete against private business to offer high-speed Internet access?
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Among many characteristics, the smart grid includes net metering, allowing customers to generate their own power with solar and wind technology and actually help power the grid.
