During a Town Hall meeting last Tuesday, 133 of the town’s 471 registered voters unanimously approved spending $400,000 for the construction of a town-owned broadband network. “We did this to make sure that we can pay the bill the day that construction begins,” said Board Chairman Howard Bronstein. The town is working with Westfield Gas and Electric, which is providing design, engineering, and project management services, to build the network. As planned, the town’s fiber-optic network will provide high-speed Internet and telephone service to every residence and business in town.
'Still a lot more to do' as Minnesota lawmakers push for border-to-border broadband
Broadband deployment advocates asked lawmakers to "back a proposal to boost state funding to fill gaps in internet coverage in pockets of rural Minnesota." The requests came a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz proposed spending $70 million to expand high-speed internet access acro...
Manchin visits Central WV to discuss broadband access
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke before the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council about trying to expand the reach of broadband throughout the state. In his remarks, Sen. Manchin said, "We want to make sure that we understand who we are in West Virginia, the maps that a...
Ajit Pai says broadband access is soaring—and that he’s the one to thank
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said that the commission’s annual broadband assessment "will show that his deregulatory policies have substantially improved access in the United States," and will conclude that broadband "is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely ba...
Our view: How to grow our rural economy
The Fayetteville Observer published an editorial highlighting that in small towns and across the countryside in North Carolina, internet service "too often is barely faster than it was in the early days of dial-up service." The editorial stated that lawmakers "have been unwilling ...
Internet providers want tax break to install broadband
Internet service providers "are asking the state Legislature to give them a decade-long property tax break on fiber optics they install" in Montana. Geoff Feiss, general manager of the Montana Telecommunications Association said that, "Making it more financially appealing to insta...
MobiledgeX public mobile edge network goes live with Deutsche Telekom
MobiledgeX, an edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, completed "what it calls the first public mobile edge network with DT in Germany." The article noted that building a similar edge network in the U.S. is more complicated because unlike European counterparts, most U...