Broadband & Network
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Plus, new legislation would revive the FCC’s equity council if enacted, a report reveals connectivity gaps in tribal communities, some municipal broadband networks outperform their competitors, and more. -
County commissioners got a revised schedule for federally funded broadband work. Service provider contracts remain to be signed, and construction is slated to wrap by the end of 2029.
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The Trump administration has asserted for months that its “bargain” version of the federal $42.5 billion grant program to expand access to broadband Internet would save taxpayers money.
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Pai, most known for his part in the rollback of Obama-era net neutrality regulations, announced that he would be departing the agency before his term on the commission ends in July 2021.
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As COVID-19 forced droves of Americans to work and learn from home in 2020, the importance of reliable high-speed Internet highlighted the digital divide in ways state leadership couldn’t ignore.
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Sixteen district court buildings will be better connected and facilities in Greensburg will have improved wireless infrastructure under two upgrade projects. Funding from the CARES Act will pay for a portion of the project.
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In a letter to the Government Accountability Office earlier this week, Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce described a number of concerns about USDA Broadband ReConnect Program awards.
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Thanks to a $3.95 million grant from the state, city officials are hoping to launch a public Wi-Fi project that will expand citywide broadband access, especially in public and affordable housing.
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North Carolina has $30 million of federal money to spend on expanding broadband Internet to the state's rural areas, but there's a chance it might not be spent, depending on an approaching deadline.
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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.
