Broadband & Network
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For the last year, general aviation pilots have paid about $50 a month for Starlink Internet on their airplanes, but the company recently announced a change that spiked costs to as high as $1,000 a month. -
Plus, Massachusetts is distributing nearly 27,000 devices, the Atlanta Regional Commission is launching a digital skills training initiative, Nashville is working to expand language access, and more.
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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.
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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.
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Pottsville and Minersville are seeking two Assistance to Firefighters grants from the federal government that require a 10 percent local match.
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Municipally run broadband networks don't have a great track record, but after 10 years, the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency isn't giving up.
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A handful of bills have popped up in current state legislative sessions that would both restrict and expand certain aspects of broadband connectivity and infrastructure.
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Using funding from federal and local governments, a public-private partnership is boosting Internet and cellphone speeds in some of the nation's most remote corners.
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The company announced that its proposal for an ultra-high speed network has been sent on to municipalities for closer scrutiny.
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After the cancellation of the city's fiber rollout and the departure of Chief Technology Officer Erin Devoto, the city has found a temporary replacement to head technology efforts.
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The county is allowing the two top bids for the network to expire, thus ending a confusing process that had continued for months.
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh says the city is dedicated to expanding free public Wi-Fi program.
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Councilman Bob Blumenfield said the city is not locked in to whether the service will be wired or wireless, but that something needs to be done to help those in the city who don't have Internet access.
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