The City of Centennial, CO’s vision to provide dark fiber "with simple terms of access and usage has come to fruition with the completion of FiberWorks, a 432-fiber-strand backbone connecting key city sites and community anchor institutions." More than 50 miles of fiber backbone that has been completed "enables existing and new broadband providers to tie into the new infrastructure, with the goal of providing better and more competitive choices and services for the city's residents and businesses."
Florida the pacesetter on adoption of autonomous vehicles
In an op-ed by Chris Emmanuel, director of Infrastructure and Governance Policy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Malcom Eve, Crown Castle’s public affairs manager for the South Area, the two noted that as new technologies grow in number and complexity, Florida is "le...
Gov. Little pushes broadband improvements to rural communities in State of State address
In his State of the State address, Idaho’s Governor Brad Little "pushed his goals to increase economic growth throughout the state by implementing high-speed broadband connection in rural and tribal communities." In his speech, Gov. Little said, "we must actively work to imp...
USDA rural broadband investment tops $200 million in 2018
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced plans "for a pilot program to bring broadband internet to all of rural America." The plan "will provide $600 million in grants and loans to internet service providers to bring connection to parts of the country that are too remote, u...
Sami Badri, Credit Suisse explains direct and indirect beneficiaries of 5G
At the CapRE Fourth Annual Greater Seattle & Pacific Northwest Data Center Summit, keynote speaker Sami Bardi, senior analyst at Credit Suisse, spoke about his 5G research. Bardi highlighted companies that are directly, positively impacted by the 5G adoption rate, including AT&T, ...
Speaker backs rural broadband proposal
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced that he "supports a plan to fund rural broadband by sticking a new tax on e-books, steaming services and other digital goods while lowering an existing tax on traditional services such as landlines and cable TV." In a statement discuss...
Lack of funding poses challenges for expanding broadband access in Pa.
"A group representing rural Pennsylvanians says expanding high speed broadband internet access in the state needs to be a priority this year," but acknowledged that funding for infrastructure upgrades continues to be an imposition. Vince Philips with the Pennsylvania State Grange,...