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.
View From the Top Panel Discusses Strengths, Weaknesses of Towers
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown spoke at Connect (X) in Denver (CO) on the "View From the Top" panel that discussed the outlook for towers and wireless infrastructure and challenges the industry faces. When discussing their disappointment in the NTIA for rules that favor fiber in its Broadband Equi...
How 'digital twins' of cell towers could speed 5G
Dish Network's Dave Mayo inquired about the condition of cell towers throughout the US during a keynote appearance at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's Connect (X) trade show. Sitetracker's Brant Carter said there's a push within the industry to create "digital twins" cell towers &ndas...
Wilton keeps Town Meeting, approves community power
At Wilton’s (NH) 260th Town Meeting, residents discussed issues in their community and expressed support for $100,000 to be used to install updated communications equipment on an existing Crown Castle cell tower. The communications equipment will increase the amount of area in town where...
The time I visited a Dish 5G cell site
Crown Castle serves as a transport vendor for telecommunications company Dish, combining Dish’s central unit with third-party data centers. This allows Dish to transport its customers' data between the wider, global Internet. Given the success of Dish’s recent cell sites, the compa...
'Digital divide' keeps millions of Texans offline. Could 5G boost access?
More than 7 million Texans in 3 million households do not have high-speed internet access, leaving those in underserved areas in the dust as 5G begins to deploy across the state. "Expanding access and broadly deploying the next generation of mobile connectivity, known as 5G, will be critical t...
Will Dish move into 'phase 2' of its 5G buildout?
Dish Network is required by the US government to cover 20% of the US population with 5G by June 14, 2022, and financial analysts estimate the company has already installed 5G radios atop approximately 1,000 cell towers across the country through Crown Castle, American Tower and other cell towe...