Broadband & Network
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Plus, New York has reopened applications for grants through its ConnectALL program, New Mexico celebrated progress on connectivity expansion, fiber networks continue expanding to new locations, and more. -
All middle-mile construction is now either built or funded, an official said. The next step is last-mile work, bringing actual connections to homes, and meeting with stakeholders to gather infrastructure data.
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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.
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Otsego Electric Cooperative announced that it had gotten a funding commitment from the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Development Opportunity Fund to help expand its infrastructure into unserved and underserved areas.
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A new survey of economic development professionals suggests that more telehealth access and local control of broadband-related factors can give cities and counties an economic leg up.
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The nationwide communications network for public safety has come a long way since it started operating in 2018. New numbers from AT&T, the company hired to build out the network, illustrate how it continues to grow.
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Online learning, Zoom meetings, and telehealth amid the coronavirus have made the digital divide starker, putting legislation to bridge the gap on the fast track at the Ohio Statehouse after many false starts.
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A battle for space Internet in Alaska is brewing as more companies jockey for the right to deliver satellite broadband to residents, in part to bridge the digital divide between villages and cities.
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House Bill 2 is aimed at reducing the financial barriers associated with extending high-speed Internet to rural parts of the state. Some 300,000 households currently have no high-speed options, according to the governor.
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Expanding access to broadband Internet service is vital for rural Pennsylvania communities and school districts, state legislators were told during a hearing related to rural issues on Thursday.
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill that enables cities to provide broadband services to their citizens. The legislation does place some restrictions on certain government entities.
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Plus, the NSF named 52 teams as Civic Innovation Challenge awardees; Anchorage, Alaska, launches a financial navigator to help residents impacted by the pandemic; and the USDR is offering pro-bono vaccine rollout support.
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Thanks to new funding from the Federal Communications Commission, 5,732 customers in Haywood County, N.C., will be among those newly receiving broadband services in certain regions of the state.
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A bill aimed at shoring up New Mexico’s broadband shortcomings — which have been exposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resultant challenges — passed its first Senate committee Tuesday via a 8-3 vote.
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The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the framework and platform for Gov. Kim Reynolds' priority to deliver $450 million over three years to companies applying for state money to extend broadband service.
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Colorado's IT department has tapped Anthony Sean Martinez, who most recently served as a director in the U.S. Department of State, as the second-ever executive director of the state's Broadband Office.
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After Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to sign legislation to require the state to conduct a survey identifying high-speed broadband access troublespots, Washington County moved closer to conducting a study of its own.
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Oklahoma State Rep. Frank Lucas has been pushing for rural broadband Internet connectivity across the state, doing so most recently by penning a related bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden.
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A $1.3 million grant from a state program is helping the city of Longmont, Colo., expand broadband Internet service to K-12 students who are currently enrolled in the National School Lunch Program.
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According to a November report of the Governor's Broadband Development Council, more than 900,000 Texans don't have access to broadband at home, and getting them connected may be a rare bipartisan issue for the state.
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The West Virginia House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday with the goal of expanding accessibility to broadband Internet in the Mountain State by expanding existing broadband legislation.
