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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While the road is open, the partners will lay down high-speed Internet fiber to serve several possible users.
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A plan to alter the way the region’s police and fire departments receive calls and send help to emergencies is drawing a unified rebuke from local labor unions and questions from the Spokane City Council.
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The city is finding out how difficult it can be to prevent a telecommunications roll-out.
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The $1.5 billion master-planned community will be one of the country's first to be built from the ground up with infrastructure for 5G.
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The Pennsylvania state government awarded funding to Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project program.
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Faced with a potential budget-busting bill of $120,000 to provide Wi-Fi at its aquatic facility, Naperville Park District’s IT director scored a deal to receive free broadband equipment, Wi-Fi installation and service at eight facilities. Now the company is looking to take the idea nationwide.
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Senate Bill 445 allows the Division of Highways to acquire right of ways and lease them out for utilities to use.
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Bonds in the amount of $2.7 million, if approved by voters, would pay for a needed upgrade of the police communications system.
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Economists and educators in the state have been promoting broadband access as a means to grow communities, businesses and education.
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But before that can happen, the region needs to attract a carrier to build out the high-speed service.
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The technology has found a place in several U.S. cities as a means of delivering directions to attractions, public transit maps and emergency alert functions for pedestrians.
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New E911 software will compensate for new smart technology and comply with the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International standards.
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Research indicates that a lack of Internet access could be among the factors contributing to a significant percentage of California residents going under-reported.
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Microsoft could be investing up to $2 million with their Microsoft Airband Initiative Grant to provide "affordable" broadband to 10,000 homes and businesses in the Mingo County area.
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Some gaps in a new deal between Lake County and Lake Connections could cause the federal government and local taxpayers to lose up to $45 million.
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AT&T will use existing fiber connections and additional cellular towers to expand Internet service across 51 counties in the state.
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City CIO Matt Killen estimates that SiFi Networks, which has inked a 30-year deal with the city, will begin work in 2019.
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Ajit Pai once blamed the Obama administration for a DDoS attack. Now he's saying it never happened.
