Editor’s Note: Ending the Digital Divide
The digital divide is widening. Without public and private policy changes, we’ll lose the battle for universal access.
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Tag: Rural Broadband
Verizon Targets New York State’s Rural Communities with FTTH
Verizon is leveraging state and FCC funds to connect several rural New York state communities with FTTH. This service will offer residents and businesses access to services typically found in larger cities.
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Problems With FCC Broadband Funding Endure
The proposed rules favor grant bidders who least need the money and are unlikely to bring permanent, high-quality broadband to rural areas.
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V and E Bands Key to the 5G Revolution
They offer an affordable, accessible way for smaller and rural providers to gain spectrum and deliver on the promises of 5G.
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Editor’s Note: Shovel Ready
Communities across the United States have shifted from “Why fiber?” to “How?”
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USDA ReConnect: Expensive Money
For many small communities, the USDA’s latest grant program may be too complex to be worth applying for.
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Cruzio Launches FTTH In Santa Cruz
Though its planned partnership with the city didn’t materialize, Cruzio now has an ambitious plan to deliver high-speed broadband throughout much of Santa Cruz County.
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Mahaska Communication Group Lights Iowa Towns
Frustrated with its connectivity options, a manufacturer built its own fiber connection. One step led to another, and now the company is changing lives throughout a rural Iowa county.
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Q&A With Jannine Miller, Senior Advisor for Rural Infrastructure, USDA: USDA Supports Rural Broadband
The Department of Agriculture experiments with new ways to drive rural broadband deployment.
Read MoreThinking Creatively About Broadband Infrastructure
To encourage new, local broadband providers, consider easing the regulatory burdens that make starting a new broadband venture costly.
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Broadband for Rural Businesses
Rural providers are taking aim at rural businesses with fiber and DOCSIS 3.1–based broadband services. But providers must educate this segment about using these new services to become more viable in the online world.
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Buy Local (Including Broadband)
Providing broadband locally – with help from electric utilities – can be a good way to anchor rural economies.
Read MoreBuilding a Community Vision
The technology challenge for a rural community is closing the gap between the digital infrastructure that is profitable for commercial providers but serves only part of the community and the infrastructure necessary to serve all community members. Local leaders, driven by a clear, aspirational vision of their community’s future, can proactively address this gap.
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Mapping as a Strategic Tool
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative used VETRO FiberMap to reduce troubleshooting time and meet demand for new fiber broadband service.
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Q&A With Jeremiah Sloan, Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation: Arkansas Co-op Builds Fiber Fast
Using a digital network construction solution helped CECC deploy a fiber network 55 percent faster than expected and 12 percent under budget.
Read MoreEditor’s Note: A Tale of Two Nations
A special section on rural broadband will help you prepare for the Broadband Communities Summit.
Read MoreNew Funding For Rural Broadband
The passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act and the opening of a funding window for the ReConnect program will help narrow the rural digital divide.
Read MoreBandwidth Hawk: Rural Broadband: Dividing The Spoils
Do you hope to serve a rural area that already has some broadband service? Work around it. Literally.
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The Power of Local Action
At Broadband Communities’ 2018 economic development conference, held in October in Ontario, California, participants shared stories of local successes and struggles. Following are some of the highlights of the conference sessions.
Read MoreWhen Nothing Is Better Than Something
Your rural community may be blocked from receiving better internet service because of the availability of satellite or fixed wireless service. Here’s what to do about it.
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