Tag: Broadband
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FCC Approves $240 Million for Rural Broadband Expansion
The FCC has authorized over $240 million in funding to continue to expand rural broadband access. The funding will be used in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, and Wyoming and will connect over 100,000, the FCC said in a statement today. “Today’s announcement is another important step in our efforts to…
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The Availability of Affordable Home Internet is Increasing, New Report Shows
Broadband Now has released their quarterly State of Broadband in America report with new insights about trends in broadband across the country. In the Q4 report for 2019, Broadband Now found an increase in the availability of affordable broadband access. While trends in speed didn’t change much from last quarter, the report does show increased…
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The FCC Decided Not to Redefine “Broadband Internet”
Recently there was great concern that the FCC would lower the definition of broadband internet from 25 Mbps down to the old standard of 10 Mbps. This week the FCC said it would not redefine broadband. This means that internet providers must offer 25 Mbps down if they want it to be considered broadband. “This…
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The House Introduces Four New Broadband Bills to Speed Up Rural Internet Deployment
This has been a busy week for rural broadband. So far the FCC has announced plans for $500 million in new spending on rural broadband, and now the House has announced four new bills to promote its development. The following are short synopses of the bills: Inventory of Assets for Communications Facilities Act of 2018: Sponsored…
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Microsoft Creates “Connect Americans Now” to Push for Rural Broadband
Over the last few years Microsoft has quietly pushed for rural broadband by using TV’s white space spectrum to build fixed wireless Internet services in several states. Now with their Connect Americans Now push Microsoft is hoping to “ensure that there is sufficient unlicensed low band spectrum in every market in the country to enable…