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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Most Sullivan County, N.Y., residents and business owners could get to subscribe to a speedy, new countywide wireless Internet network by late 2023, if the county’s decision-makers have their way.
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More than $50 million worth of broadband expansion projects will start this month in 23 counties around the state to help close the Internet service gap exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Citing glaring deficiencies in reliable Internet in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday he is signing an executive order removing a barrier to a high-dollar and “game changer” investment in broadband.
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The mayor of McAllen, Texas, recently conducted an impromptu test of the Wi-Fi system that the city began laying the physical infrastructure for last month, after a five-year effort to get it started.
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Roughly 500,000 people in North Carolina have unreliable Internet, primarily concentrated in impoverished rural areas where service providers see little incentive to build infrastructure needed to connect people.
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Satellite Internet may not have always received the best word of mouth, but the technology continues to advance with big names behind it and a market that has seen significant growth during COVID-19.
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The program – one of the many funding announcements in the final round of USDA’s Re-Connect Pilot Program investments – will benefit Iberville and St. Landry parishes. It is the program’s first venture in Louisiana.
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Americans depend more than ever on high-speed internet to connect to jobs, get health care and socialize. What policies really work to close the rural-urban digital divide?
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A $27 million broadband bill that relies on federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act money has been at the center of recent debate, with Republicans and Democrats divide over its progress.
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A proposal to provide more broadband funding for communities and agencies across Minnesota faces an uncertain future this year as state officials consider how to spend federal virus-related aid.
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Armed with new funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, officials are discussing how to best extend public Internet service in the northwestern part of the city.
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The outage Sunday morning caused a service disruption for dozens of websites and apps, including Hulu, Discord, Medium and Patreon. The cause of the outage was traced to Internet service provider CenturyLink.
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Unlike rural parts of the state, which simply don’t have access to high-speed Internet service, urban areas have many options. Providers have laid the infrastructure, but the average monthly cost is too steep for some.
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One in every five students at New Mexico public schools lives in a household without an Internet subscription of any kind, and roughly 8 percent of students do not have a working computer in their home.
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Before the coronavirus sparked shutdowns throughout North Texas, Dallas city officials greenlit a pilot program in which library patrons could borrow a mobile Wi-Fi device for up to a month.
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As the U.S. rushes to lead in 5G deployment, the nation's top federal risk adviser has released its strategic vision for securing the new infrastructure. That vision focuses heavily on shareholder collaboration.
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While the town of McCandless can create rules to govern the location and style of antennas, they cannot be so restrictive that the systems are unable to function properly, a planning official told the council this week.
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Gov. Chris Sununu announced during a news conference Tuesday that $14 million will be awarded to vendors who have proposed broadband infrastructure projects in underserved rural areas of the state.
