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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Following a donation from Google last year, San Francisco is planning to announce Wi-Fi service in public parks and facilities across the city next month.
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Enabling change in library broadband starts with state and local governments seeing libraries as partners in achieving community-level goals.
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There should be more accountability — and less legal leeway — for the software vendors and their technology's source code.
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Critics have faulted many companies for being slow to address their cyber vulnerabilities.
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Fletcher Kittredge, CEO of GWI, has created a 10-point plan to improve broadband access in Maine that includes steps such as setting a higher statewide target for average Internet speeds.
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Police departments nationwide have become increasingly concerned about electronic location issues for wireless 911 calls, prompting an FCC workshop on the technology gap.
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The company announced August 5 that Seattle is one of 10 new cities where they'll be rolling out super fast fiber to the home. We've heard that before.
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The crash marks the third time this year the county’s servers have failed and severely disrupted the day-to-day business at the courthouse.
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Only 100 emergency call centers out of more than 6,000 across the country are capable of receiving and responding to text messages.
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The state's new information superhighway system includes more than 1,000 new miles of high-speed fiber-optic broadband infrastructure.
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The company's new service, called TWC Maxx, follows network upgrades by competitors Google Fiber and AT&T.
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AT&T, like Google, says its fiber-optic network will offer upload and download broadband speeds up to 100 times faster than current broadband service.
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The funds, part of a $6 million broadband grant, are for a public/private partnership between the state, Slic Network Solutions and Older Adults Technology Services, a press release from the Governor's Office said.
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With federal grants and built-in tax advantages, the muni broadband offering enjoys an unfair advantage over private telecom companies, says one private ISP owner.
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The hackathon is part of a weeklong series of events called oneweek, designed to inform employees about, and inspire them to engage in, the company’s vision and strategy for the new fiscal year.
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With its announcement, AT&T took big strides in its race with rival Google to wire U.S. cities with gigabit bandwidth Internet service, the highest speed available to consumers.
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The upgrade is a five- to seven-year undertaking because most state agencies have gone their own way for years in providing computer services for government functions.
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In a response to a Los Angeles RFI for citywide broadband, Dutch start up Angie Communications said it would also build and operate a nationwide 4G network and a Wi-Fi network that reaches 90 percent of the population. But some are skeptical of the ambitious plan.
