Broadband
More spectrum segments will be available for wireless broadband says FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
Julius Genachowski, the Chairman of the FCC, made the keynote address at the CTIA Wireless 2012 convention. Hosted this year in New Orleans, Louisiana, It is a gathering of all the wireless experts and companies in the wireless industry. Julius acknowledged the spectrum crunch that has been created by the rapid ...
Seattle abandons broadband network plans
For years, Seattle had ideas of providing a city-owned broadband network. They were mad at Comcast for having what seemed like a monopoly and decided to do something about it. In 2004 they started planning a broadband system that would provide super-fast broadband services to the whole city. They envisioned and ...
MoBroadbandNow finds there is Mo’ Work to be done in MO
MoBroadbandNow is a publicly supported organization that has been tasked with making sure at least 95% of Missouri gets access to high-speed broadband connections. It held a meeting with the Mark Twain Regional Technology Planning Team to give them a report of what they need and have them discuss what ...
New Connect America Fund created by FCC
The FCC announced another fund to help bring broadband to rural areas. The new endowment, Connect America Fund, is a $300 million reserve to be used to help bring broadband services to rural businesses and residences that do not currently have access. A while ago, the FCC made the decision to ...
Verizon Wireless and Comcast team up and customers get benefits
Comcast and Verizon have figured a way to get better penetration in the markets they already cover. They have joined to present a promotion to their existing customers as well as to attract new customers. Combining Comcast’s XFINITY services with a Verizon Smartphone or a tablet (with a data plan) you ...
First part of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative completed ahead of schedule
The western and southeastern areas of North Carolina have most of their anchor institutions connected to a fiber-based broadband network. Today, the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative has finished the first part of their project ahead of schedule. The $144 million phase has installed the entire fiber infrastructure. In addition to ...
Central Minnesota broadband project hinges on critical vote this Thursday
The residents and businesses in the rural farmlands of Central Minnesota desperately need a decent broadband connection. Most of the businesses have access only to slow dial-up service and even that is not reliable. Family-owned farms are a multi-million business in this area of the state. They earn a lot of ...
JDSU partners with Frontier Communications to bring rural areas broadband
JDSU is a company that makes sophisticated communications and optical test equipment used around the world. They have now partnered with Frontier Communications in a joined effort to bring fiber-based fast broadband to the rural areas in West Virginia. With the help of JDSU, Frontier is continuing its Fiber 7.0 project. ...
Twenty percent of adults in the United States do not use Internet
For as high-tech as the United States is, there still remains a large percentage of adults that do not use the Internet. One fifth of the adult population does not use even email, let alone Facebook or Google or YouTube videos. Most of these people just do not think the Internet ...
The largest fiber-based broadband network in North America completed in North Dakota
With all the billions being spent on broadband initiatives funded by the Federal Stimulus backed National Broadband Plan, the nation’s largest fiber-based broadband network was built privately. Dakota Central Telecommunications in Carrington, North Dakota and Dickey Rural Networks located in Ellendale joined forces ten years ago and started to build ...
