What is an open-access network and how does it work? Chances are, your home is covered by one or more internet providers, each with its own infrastructure -- whether cable, fiber, DSL or 5G, like ...

On home networks and in small businesses, a broadband router typically serves as the network gateway. It connects the devices ...

$2B last-mile funding complements open-access fiber. The state is providing $3.25 billion to build the middle-mile network and, as Gonzalez noted, it doesn't stop at the middle mile.

Internet access has become a critical aspect of modern life. No longer just a realm of entertainment, the internet is a gateway for accessing basic public services, educational and economic ...

Congressman John Lewis said, “Access to the Internet…is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.” We agree. The alarming current and forecasted impacts of COVID-19 show us that the people ...

But without broadband access, there was no other choice. It wasn't until 2017 that the local library got high-speed internet , thanks to a tribally built and owned fiber-optic network paid for by ...

Construction has started of a citywide high-speed internet network in Kenosha aimed at offering residents and businesses an alternative to the existing service providers. The privately-funded $100 ...

Quincy, Mass., believes its residents deserve more Internet service options. Rather than run its own broadband utility, the city plans to own an open access network where competition and ...

Eagle’s website says that taxes will not be increased to fund the network. Much of the funding would come from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which saw the federal government appropriate ...

Adams County is pushing for greater access to broadband internet in areas of Colorado that have typically been underserved. "In 2024 the internet is a utility much like electricity and water and ...

KentuckyWired is the state's $1.5 billion plan to bring internet access to underserved areas by stringing more than 3,000 miles of fiber-optic cable in every county. Construction began in 2015.