Broadband & Network
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The City Council approved giving OnLight Aurora, set up to manage the city’s fiber network, $80,000 via either a loan or grant. A key issue, an alderman said, is getting the organization back on track. -
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.
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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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The Maine Broadband Coalition launched Monday through its website. In addition to identifying upload and download speeds, users will help the group pinpoint parts of the state where the speeds are not up to snuff.
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A committee of the Vigo County, Ind., Council Wednesday voted to recommend a $2.84 million request to expand broadband service in the area, with funding from the county's Economic Development Income Tax fund.
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AT&T expects to roll out small cell towers in unincorporated Ascension Parish, La., early next year after the parish adopted a new ordinance Thursday that sets up a permitting process for the structures.
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Plus, Seattle IT is now accepting applications for its long-standing Technology Matching Fund grants program, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center wins TIME 2020 invention award, and more.
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During a National Telecommunications and Information Administration webinar, speakers discussed how broadband organizations can influence economic development projects, job numbers, local revenues and more.
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Recent discussions have focused on bringing a new Internet company to Logansport, Ind. — and, if so, two solutions would result: higher-speed access through fiber optic cable and the opening of a local branch office.
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A $6.1 million federal grant will allow Sacred Wind Communications to deploy a 271-mile fiber-optic network to connect about 1,600 people who live in zones where many residents lack access to high-speed broadband.
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The county council is reviewing a $2.84 million appropriation to expand its fiber-optic network to township fire houses, community centers and parks. The project piggybacks on efforts started in the Vigo County School Corp.
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City officials in Waterloo, Iowa, worry that publicly releasing the city’s recent broadband study could hurt the city's ability to compete with Mediacom, a major Internet provider in the area.
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Despite recent attempts by the state to bring broadband high-speed Internet service to every household, there are still pockets of Lewis County, N.Y., with no access or slow, unreliable service.
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The Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments staff in that region of North Carolina are using grant funds to address food insecurity, broadband inequality and the daily challenges senior adults face.
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Huron County lies in a region identified by the federal government as underserved for broadband internet and that in some school districts, 30 percent of students and teachers are without broadband.
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Soon after COVID-19 closed schools and sent workers to home offices, Internet traffic skyrocketed in parts of Virginia, according to J.D. Myers II, senior vice president and regional manager for Cox Virginia.
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SponsoredWhy taking advantage of managed services can be the best option for ensuring network stability and actively identifying and defending against threats while accommodating the budget constraints of the public sector.
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Parts of Louisiana and the Navajo Nation face the biggest gaps.
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Pennsylvania families looking to escape city life for quieter living in the country cite the lack of broadband Internet service as a major sticking point. Internet service has long been a headache for the state’s rural residents.
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Santa Fe Internet service provider NMSurf has finished building redundancy into its wireless system to assure service between Albuquerque and Santa Fe and its fiber-optic feeds from major data centers in other cities.
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Solon Springs, Wis., town board chairperson Angela Botner has partnered with local provider Astrea to apply for an up to $650,000 broadband expansion grant from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.
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