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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As school districts plan for the fall and health-care providers rethink services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for reliable, broadband Internet in rural Pennsylvania is more critical than ever.
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Jacksonville, Illinois city leaders are looking to establish a citywide fiber-optic network to expand Internet access.
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Jacksonville, Ill., city leaders in the central Illinois community could potentially take the next steps this week toward establishing a citywide fiber-optic network that would begin construction this year.
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Libraries within the North Central Regional Library system are using grant funds to extend the range of public Wi-Fi service to guests outside. The move will allow visitors to access service without entering.
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The Georgia Department of Community Affairs published a broadband map that highlights underserved portions of the state. The map also provides data on where high-speed Internet is available.
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The stay-at-home edicts at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring made it obvious that thriving communities in Maine need broadband access, yet for scores of small towns, wider Internet access remains impossible.
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Thousands of Detroit students have now received new laptops complete with Internet connections, and the students will get to keep the devices as part of an effort to bridge the city’s digital divide.
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As part of its ongoing efforts to make affordable high speed Internet service available to all members, the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative submitted two applications to support the construction of two fiber optic networks.
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Plus, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative announced its fourth class of participating mayors, the Code for All Summit 2020 will feature opening remarks from Code for America’s CEO, and more.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar proposed new legislation, called the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, this week aimed at closing the digital divide in unserved and underserved communities across the country.
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If the council moves forward with the initiative, it would send a request for proposals to Internet providers to get the best deal, possibly offering it for free. Staff are preparing a plan for a citywide fiber network.
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SponsoredThe city’s municipal broadband network more than proved its value by connecting hospitals, schools, and local government to keep its citizens safe, healthy, and informed.
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After more than a year operating under an expired contract, Haverhill has come to an agreement with Comcast, which will continue to provide cable TV, phone and Internet service to Haverhill under a new 10-year contract.
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Worcester, Mass., should consider establishing its own municipal broadband network that could lead to faster, more affordable, more equitably distributed Internet access, the Research Bureau suggested in a new report.
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New York City is reallocating millions of dollars in NYPD funding to low-cost Internet service for public housing residents and other low-income New Yorkers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
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In Congress, both parties have now finally agreed that the United States has fallen too far behind on providing high-speed Internet and that action is necessary to connect millions of Americans.
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The program, dubbed Chicago Connected, will provide more than 100,000 Chicago Public School students with the Internet at home, and officials say the goal is to make sure those students are never without broadband again.
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City commissioners on June 23 unanimously approved a $3.95 million project to reconstruct a portion of roadway. Part of the project would entail installing "dark fiber" to facilitate the expansion of Internet access.
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