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Speed Threshold Bill, AT&T Increasing Fiber To Meet Work-From-Home, Maine Getting Free Tablets

March 10, 2021 – Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would provide Central Virginia customers with new broadband networks that would have sufficient upload and download speeds. Called the Speedy Updates Act, it “would require a report on how best to update s

Coronavirus Roundup: Vermont Bridges Broadband, Facebook in Developing Countries, Slower Global Internet Speeds

May 7, 2020 — The Vermont Department of Public Service has introduced a plan intended to completely bridge broadband gaps in the state. By spending about $300 million, dependent on additional federal aid, the plan hopes to provide high-speed internet to almost a quarter of the state that does not cu