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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New technology makes it possible to turn ordinary streetlamps into data-gathering networks. But is it too much of a good thing?
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As people talk less and text more, voice usage is in decline and some organizations are looking to mobile VoIP as a replacement to cellphone voice service.
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An ARRA investment is bringing 660 miles of fiber optic cable to St. Lawrence County, N.Y.
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A new OpenSignal report shows that U.S. network speeds are getting even slower.
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As projects roll out in Google's first three Fiber cities, the company looks to 34 more communities as the next potential candidates.
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The breakdown also exposed confidential legal documents that should have been inaccessible to other employees.
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An agreement between Sydney-based investment banking firm Macquarie Capital and a consortium of Utah cities will bring a new infrastructure project.
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According to a White House report released Monday, the act helped increase access to broadband and drive its adoption nationwide, made a significant impact on innovation, and initiated more than 15,000 transportation projects.
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A Super Wi-Fi for libraries pilot project initiated last year at several American libraries is now expanding abroad.
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For nearly a week, Internet and email access was down in most departments and offices.
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House Bill 60 sets up roadblocks for interlocal agency that helps spread broadband connectivity.
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Migrating to the cloud is advertised as an easy solution, but a lot of organizations run into trouble. Here's how to avoid that trouble.
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Stuck between promises to the public and aging equipment, Riverside, Calif., must determine the best course of action for its free, citywide Wi-Fi network.
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Legislation was introduced — and then pulled — that would outlaw community broadband projects in the state. But it could return later this year.
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A wireless communications system makes it almost as if students never left the classroom.
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Federal officials said last week that West Virginia wouldn't be allowed to use the $2.5 million in leftover stimulus funds for a project designed to increase Internet speeds and lower broadband subscription prices.
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Government partnership group O-NET in the small town of Olds is offering Internet download speeds of one gig per second with the goal of servicing all of the town’s 8,500 residents in 2014.
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Test speeds were fast enough to send 44 uncompressed HD films in one second.
