Comcast’s $462,123 proposal, which would have connected 96 percent of households in Charlemont, Massachusetts with high-speed internet was rejected by town meeting voters. Instead, Charlemont has decided to build its own fiber optic broadband network. The project funding would come from a combination of local taxation and a state infrastructure grant.
Baltimore: high-speed broadband should be a priority
Chip Baltimore, a senior fellow of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a former eight-year Iowa state representative and an attorney licensed in both Iowa and Missouri, published an op-ed highlighting that access to high-speed internet service is the focus of much governmental atte...
Gov. Lamont wants CT to be a leader in 5G mobile networks, but his aspirations face significant hurdles
In his inaugural State of the State address, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he wants Connecticut's cities to be the first in New England with access to fifth-generation, mobile networks. In his remarks, Gov. Lamont said, "The telecommunication companies are ready to start buildi...
Broadband effort critical in Columbia County
Kathryn Witherington, economic development coordinator for the Port of Columbia, published an op-ed emphasizing the importance of using public resources "to build a dark fiber line that any private internet service provider can lease to provide faster, more reliable internet to re...
County officials meet with consultant, set to start broadband plan
The Franklin County Broadband Authority kicked off its first 2019 meeting Jan. 15 with a presentation of broadband strategies from Andrew Cohill of Design Nine, Inc – a Blacksburg-based broadband consulting firm selected last year to work with county officials. "Ultimately, ...
Legislature looks to bring broadband to rural ‘black holes’
Areas like Keller, WA, which are known as "black holes" in the internet world, are the targets of a broadband proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Jay Inslee during a press conference in Olympia. If the Legislature signs on, it could mean a new state broadband office within the Wa...
Broadband expert says USDA shutdown is hurting rural internet expansion
Through its Rural Utilities Service program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides rural development grants to municipalities and local governments applying to expand or construct broadband infrastructure, and the agency invested $228 million last year across 22 states. But ...