Broadband & Network
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TDS Telecommunications LLC has announced that Mooresville High School, part of the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina, is the recipient of its $10,000 TDS STEM-Ed grant. -
Plus, New Mexico has launched its three-year broadband plan, North Carolina has debuted a program to expand Internet access in rural communities, a report shows progress on broadband expansion, and more.
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The City Council is set to consider financial support for OnLight Aurora, a city-connected organization established to manage Aurora’s fiber network, amid ongoing budgetary issues at the organization.
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Maine has funded projects that will provide high-speed Internet to tens of thousands of homes that lack it now, but stiff competition for federal funding and economic problems may slow progress down.
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Plus, the FCC has launched a new help center with tutorials for broadband data collection; a new USDR report details experience of applying for child-care benefits; Minnesota to invest $200 million in rural broadband; and more.
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Plus, there’s a lot of news coming out of Utah’s Broadband Center, Vermont officials have announced millions in broadband construction grants, new poll finds overwhelming bipartisan support for net neutrality and more.
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The massive sum that Maine expects from the federal infrastructure bill over the next five years may not be enough to bring roads and Internet connections up to date, an economist said at a recent conference.
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Following a presentation of a new broadband study, officials recommended holding a meeting about taking a two-pronged approach to improve access to high-speed Internet, including discussion of a municipal network.
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Many are left disconnected from critical infrastructure needed to connect with friends and family, buy goods and services, access health care, perform their jobs, for banking and investing, and more.
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Pennsylvania could receive $1.2 billion in federal money to expand Internet access to residents — 10 times more than early estimates — but the window for determining exactly how much the state gets is quickly closing.
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Rochester-based Greenlight Networks has begun laying fiber-optic lines and expects to connect its first area customer in late summer or early autumn. Its goal is to reach 23,000 households in the region.
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City officials recently signed a letter of intent with Meridiam to provide a minimum of 1 gigabit of broadband service. Construction on the fiber network is expected to begin this year.
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Greenlight Networks is laying fiber-optic lines and expects to connect its first area customer in late summer or early autumn, while soon installing infrastructure in other towns, aiming to reach 23,000 households.
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Plus, new initiative seeks to bolster digital success among Latinos, several federal agencies enter into a new collaboration on broadband funding, an Oregon coalition is tackling broadband mapping, and more.
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Gov. Tom Wolf visited Marion-Walker Elementary School on Wednesday to highlight how millions in federal funds could help bring Internet access to rural schools and communities across Pennsylvania.
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County commissioners heard an update on the project to extend Internet service to under- and unserved parts of Cass County. The work is being done by Miami-Cass County REMC, a member-owned electric utility company.
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High-speed broadband is now a must-have utility for communities hoping to attract and retain residents and businesses, so the Mercer County Commission has started advertising for companies willing to provide service.
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Kandiyohi County and Charter Communications have symbolically broke ground on an $800,000 project that Charter said will bring broadband Internet service to more than 350 rural, unserved homes and small businesses.
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In 2019, the latest data available, almost 70 percent of students in Detroit did not have access to the Internet in their homes, while Census data shows that one in four Detroiters lack access at home.
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The Biden administration has taken its first steps toward releasing $45 billion of federal funding for broadband and digital equity, with the money going first to state governments tasked with executing the vision.
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The brunt of recent launches have been for the Starlink constellation of satellites. To date, SpaceX has launched more than 2,400 of the 570-pound satellites on 44 previous Starlink missions since 2019.
