Por: Los Angeles Times Business October 13, 2022
The pandemic proved how crucial it is to be connected to the internet. Without it, students couldn't learn online, residents had a harder time making COVID-19 vaccine appointments and loved ones found it more difficult to stay in touch. But not everyone in Los Angeles County has equal access to the kind of high-speed broadband that makes these everyday tasks doable. And low-income residents often pay more for the same or worse service than... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Nation October 07, 2022
Massachusetts is receiving $145 million to bring broadband access to parts of the state that currently lack high-speed Internet connections, officials said Thursday.“We can still see the holes [in access] out in the Berkshires, which is rural,” said US Senator Ed Markey, a... + más
Who benefits from America’s enormously complex broadband infrastructure plans? | The Hill
Louisiana receives $2.9M, nation's first funding to bring high-speed internet to rural areas | The Advocate
Associated Press USA Tech September 28, 2022
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded an $82.45 million grant for what she said will be a transformative project to expand broadband service in the state.Ivey said the grant will be used by Fiber Utility Network, a corporation formed by eight rural... + más
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Slate USA Tech September 24, 2022
East Carroll Parish, in Louisiana, is a small rural place, mostly agricultural, built on land that was once used for cotton plantations. About 7,200 people live there now. More than one-third of them below the poverty line, and more than half the households lack broadband... + más
Last-minute challenge slows rollout of broadband in rural Louisiana parish | The Advocate
The Hill USA Tech September 24, 2022
Even the most dedicated analyst can be forgiven for not understanding the scope of government efforts to promote U.S. broadband (sometimes called “high speed”) internet. Although to every American being connected to high speed internet, even basic definitions of high speed... + más
Congress, it’s time for reforms to ensure universal digital connectivity | The Hill
Taxing the remaining household landlines to subsidize broadband is like collecting a toll from horse and buggies to advance electric cars. It makes no sense. But here we are in 2022, and America’s Universal Service Fund (USF) is a clear example of an outdated,... + más
US candidate to lead UN telecoms agency after US-Russia race | ABC News
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The Advocate USA Politics September 17, 2022
While state leaders were in Alexandria Wednesday celebrating Louisiana’s efforts to bring high-speed internet to rural areas, some of those slated to be connected worried in Baton Rouge that the whole project could be brought down by protests large telecommunications companies... + más
Bill Cassidy pitches the benefits of the infrastructure bill that he supported | The Advocate
A last-minute challenge has stalled broadband installation in a poor northeast Louisiana parish that Gov. John Bel Edwards used on July 25 as a backdrop to ballyhoo the rollout of 67 grants to extend high-speed internet into underserved rural parishes.The effort to overturn the... + más
Mark Ballard: Who will finally get good internet service? Politics provides the answer in Louisiana | The Advocate
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