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 federal regulator wants to make it easier for local governments to become Internet providers. That would be a blow to state-level federalism and a bad deal for taxpayers.
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In a public-sector address at the company's annual conference, Cisco execs explain the difference between the terms, which are often used interchangeably.
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After nearly four years of data collection, research and analysis, the project is expected to provide local governments with valuable information about expanding digital infrastructure -- without interfering with the marketplace.
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New proposed rulemaking would increase transparency efforts about broadband practices and require FCC to review complaints from consumers.
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If the feds allow two of the biggest cable companies to combine, municipalities would lose even more power to create high-quality, low-cost publicly owned broadband services for their citizens.
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A city-run fiber network saves Davenport hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, and now officials are going to take a run at expanding that service to citizens.
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The company will create its “fiberhoods” in areas where residents have committed to subscribe to the service.
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The state is two months into its 32-month development cycle for the project, that when finished, will house a system with client and provider portals to support real-time access to benefit and claim information.
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According to the broadband program manager for Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology, broadband should be treated as a utility along with sewer, water and electricity.
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The first version of a proposal announced last year was released by Australian investment group Macquarie Capital, giving hope to UTOPIA supporters.
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Google imposed a May 1 deadline to hand over troves of information that will help it decide where to roll out its super-fast fiber-optic network.
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It's the third big change in executive leadership in a month, and it could be the change the project needs.
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New York City releases plans for up to 10,000 free Wi-Fi hot spots.
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The city's CTO said the conversations have centered around infrastructure and logistics, and are preliminary in nature.
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The strategy is a keystone of the nation’s ambitious Vision 2030 program, which “aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens,” by 2030, by focusing on economic, social and political reforms.
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Urban planners in Chattanooga found physical and economic barriers separating the central city and its Gig technology with nearby neighborhoods, especially the Westside.
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According to Tim Flaherty, executive director of the Coalition of Greater MN Cities, 54 percent of households in Greater Minnesota don't meet state goals for access to broadband.
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AT&T and Google are racing to roll out Internet service with speeds of up to 1 gigabit a second, a bandwidth that can handle today's high-definition video and audio.
