Fiber
North Carolina Officials Tout Recent Investments in Rural Fiber
North Carolina hopes to achieve 80 percent subscription to broadband services among its citizens.
Fiber
North Carolina hopes to achieve 80 percent subscription to broadband services among its citizens.
The cable companies lead in total awards from multiple states.
Verizon is facing a fine for allegedly violating accessibility law.
Fiber
Utilities Technology Council CEO Sheryl Riggs questioned whether broadband access is expanded if costs just float to ratepayers.
With 141,000 residents, West Valley City, Utah, is now the second largest city in the country fully connected to fiber.
broadband mapping
The FCC has a September deadline for mapping data it will begin collecting at the end of June.
5G Wireless
Cities should prioritize competitive processes to select an open access neutral host infrastructure provider.
Funding
Broadband money programs and a need for connectivity is driving capital into the space.
FCC
NCTA said the FCC should deny exclusive access to these buildings, but not exclusive wiring agreements.
Voters in Chicago and Denver have shown overwhelming support for local broadband projects. Roughly 90 percent of voters in Chicago approved a referendum question that asked: “Should the city of Chicago act to ensure that all the city’s community areas have access to broadband Internet?” This could a
FCC
September 5, 2020 — Local telecommunications officials involved in renewing local cable franchises criticized the consequences of the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on the topic called the Section 621 order. The conversation among members of the National Association of Telecommunications
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, called for closing the broadband gap during a Thursday Axios webinar on leadership and the future of broadband. “Even post-COVID, the importance of the broadband gap is not going abate one bit,” Smith said, “it will remain just as important to our future as it is
Spectrum
WASHINGTON, September 18, 2019 – Leaders from the telecom industry gathered on Wednesday for the commercial service launch of OnGo, the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service. OnGo officials touted their offering as a new type of spectrum sharing that will bring more Americans online. Officials fr
Big Tech
WASHINGTON, February 28, 2018 – Advocates of net neutrality are pushing for congressional action to overturn a December action by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal such rules. But they will have an uphill battle if they expect President Trump to sign off on gutting an action by his app
Broadband's Impact
WASHINGTON, October 1, 2014 – Smartphones are about to become “NSA-proof,” according to the Washington Post. In the wake of continued stream of information about surveillance by the National Security Agency, Google and Apple are making device encryption a standard feature in their newest software re