Enlarge / Horizontal boring equipment installing fiber in Los Altos Hills, California. Los Altos Hills Community Fiber reader comments 45 with 0 posters participating Share this story Our recent article about Silicon Valley residents who formed a co-op Internet service provider might have people wondering what it would take to get the same thing in… Read More »
reader comments 48 with 39 posters participating Share this story Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today, the FCC announced $791.6 million for six broadband providers, covering network expansions to over 350,000 homes and businesses in 19 states. The ISPs will… Read More »
Getty Images | Alan Schein reader comments 36 with 25 posters participating Share this story The US Treasury Department has started approving broadband grants to states from a $10 billion fund created to expand access to Internet service and other digital connectivity tools. The Treasury Department’s announcement on Tuesday said the first approved projects would… Read More »
bjdlzx | Getty Images reader comments 75 with 45 posters participating Share this story More than 22,000 miles above Earth, the KA-SAT is locked in orbit. Traveling at 7,000 miles per hour, in sync with the planet’s rotation, the satellite beams high-speed Internet down to people across Europe. Since 2011, it has helped homeowners, businesses,… Read More »
reader comments 52 with 51 posters participating Share this story With broadband-industry lobby groups implausibly claiming that Internet providers have slashed their prices, Consumer Reports is on a mission to collect and analyze thousands of monthly Internet bills from real customers. In an announcement today, Consumer Reports said it launched the Broadband Together initiative with… Read More »
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. reader comments 78 with 63 posters participating Share this story It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition from fiber-to-the-home services. But an article yesterday by Stop the Cap provides a good example… Read More »
Data cap cash. reader comments 275 with 129 posters participating Share this story The number of broadband “power users”—people who use 1TB or more per month—has doubled over the past year, ensuring that ISPs will be able to make more money from data caps. In Q3 2020, 8.8 percent of broadband subscribers used at least… Read More »