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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Land O'Lakes and Microsoft joined forces over the summer to address, among other issues, the rural broadband gap. The two organizations, along with other partners, just released a Wi-Fi access point map.
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2020 put all states to the test as they moved to deliver more services online than ever before. Leading states had laid the groundwork with strong as-a-service platforms and pivoted quickly to take on new challenges.
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After months of being stuck at home, many Americans know full well that there are three things they can't live without. Two of them are power and water, and the third, as is now clear, is Internet access.
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Burlington, Wash., is offering businesses free installation to connect to its high-speed fiber optic network after the city got a $250,000 economic development grant to help businesses cover fiber installation.
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One of every five households in Essex County, Mass., does not have a computer or access to an Internet connection, a digital divide that has been unmasked by the pandemic, according to a new report.
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The Tupelo, Miss., Public School District recently received nearly 1,000 laptops that are slated to be sorted and distributed to all of the elementary schools across the district by Dec. 1, worth roughly $432 per laptop.
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The Rock Falls, Ill., City Council has unanimously approved a deal to lease the city's fiber broadband system to Surf Broadband Solutions for the build-out of the network to residents and businesses within the city.
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The school district in Ector County, Texas, recently became the first school district in the nation to partner with SpaceX to provide broadband service to families with poor or no Internet access.
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Among the 24 counties studied, 22 counties had access percentages below the state average for high-speed Internet. At least one of the counties studied was without coverage up to 25 mbps, a broadband baseline.
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Accessing the Internet by helping to provide support for high-speed broadband infrastructure and technology has been the focus of the Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance for the last several years.
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The Broadband For All program allotted $24.5 million to Washington County to invest in increased access to broadband service. Much of the work has already been done but has been slowed by the pandemic.
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Ascension Parish is putting the finishing touches on new rules that would allow the spread of small cell towers expected to improve existing wireless service and serve as a bridge to 5G wireless service.
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Several communities in the Dayton area will use federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds to offer public Wi-Fi access. The pandemic has reinforced the need for reliable Internet in the region.
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Tractor Supply is providing free Wi-Fi hot spots in the parking lots of 23 of its West Virginia stores, with five more to be added. People can come to the parking lots during store hours to access the service.
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Citing the benefits of enhanced connectivity, commissioners with the Port of Lewiston pledged to contribute matching funds if a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration was awarded.
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Thanks to partnerships with the Washington Emergency Management Division and State Department of Commerce, SpaceX Starlink satellites have connected both a fire-stricken town and a tribal reservation to high-speed Internet.
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Thanks to millions of dollars of CARES Act funds — the economic rescue package passed by Congress to avoid a collapse of the economy — more than 40,000 Idahoans will have access to high-speed Internet for the first time.
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Gov. Jim Justice and some Republican state legislators gathered on the West Virginia Capitol steps Wednesday afternoon to announce a broadband expansion initiative totaling nearly $1 billion.
