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 Guernsey County Public Library system will begin checking out six Chromebooks for patrons in good standing as a way to help families navigating coronavirus-related homeschooling efforts.
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The digital divide in the working-class community of Long Beach stands in stark contrast to the experience of those living just over the Orange County border in the upper-class Los Alamitos suburb.
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Sixty-seven public and private projects funded by nearly $50 million in federal coronavirus relief grants could soon connect more than 70,000 households that have struggled with reliable Internet service for years.
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Dissatisfaction with the Internet options in Ames is an issue the City Council has confronted in recent years. With a new provider in town, some believe the new competition could be the solution.
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The digital divide grew during the pandemic after schools suddenly closed and households could not easily shift online. Experts say this widens achievement gaps between low-income schools and affluent counterparts.
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Wisconsin regulators have awarded $5.3 million in federal pandemic relief money to fund expansion of high-speed Internet service in a dozen counties — provided those projects are completed this year.
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A newly imposed fee requires the Department of Transportation to collect funds from companies that build broadband lines in state right-of-ways or under highways. Lawmakers say it threatens rural expansion efforts.
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New Mexico lags behind peer states with regard to its broadband access, in part because of its large swaths of rural and tribal areas, according to a report by the Department of Information Technology earlier this year.
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As more students return to school in person, some school districts are having to trim back programs that deployed buses as hot spots in neighborhoods for students with little or no internet access.
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Republican lawmakers representing counties in upstate New York expressed concern on Wednesday about a new fee that they say could threaten the expansion of broadband in underserved rural communities.
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The FCC's decision to open up spectrum for Wi-Fi 6 technology may significantly increase broadband access. However, utilities and public safety are afraid their communications may be compromised.
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The Trump Administration is providing $4 million to aid in broadband expansion in rural Indiana.
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The Bay Springs Telephone Company Inc. will use a $4.6 million grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 5,139 people, 69 businesses and 77 farms to high-speed broadband Internet in Mississippi.
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Project OVERCOME, led by US Ignite and funded by the National Science Foundation, will select five proof-of-concept projects to grow access to broadband connectivity in underserved or unserved areas.
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Stepping off of the ferry onto Monhegan Island in the state of Maine is like stepping back in time. No paved roads. No cellphone service. A one-room schoolhouse sits in the island’s center.
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A publicly financed fiber network spanning Multnomah County, Ore., would cost $1 billion, according to a new study, a price tag that could make it prohibitively expensive even if it’s technically possible.
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The Briggs Lawrence County Public Library will soon be receiving 40 hot spots for expanded Internet service. The move aims to help bridge the digital divide problem in Appalachian Ohio communities.
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COVID funding is being used to get Internet services to all of Schuylkill County, Pa., via collaborations with local school districts and other work in underserved areas, one of Schuylkill’s commissioners said.
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