MetroNet will start the initial buildout of gigabit-speed fiber broadband in Brookville, Ohio in the fall, the company announced today. No target completion date was given. Brookville will be the 11th Ohio community with the internet service from MetroNet, in…
Consolidated Communications will sell Ohio assets to Middle Point Home Telephone Company (MPH), an affiliate of family-owned Hanson Communications, Inc., in a deal expected to be completed by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval. Consolidated’s Ohio operations include…
North American 5G connections are up 67% from the second quarter of last year and global connections are up 41% from the first quarter of 2021, according to a new report from research firm Omdia and 5G Americas. Total global…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and utility regulators are highlighting the Lifeline and Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) telecom programs for low-income consumers as part of Lifeline Awareness Week, which runs through Friday. Part of the reason the regulators may be…
Verizon Public Sector and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are partnering on a new digital inclusion program designed to help close the digital divide in Massachusetts, eight neighboring states and the District of Columbia. Verizon will provide turnkey connectivity, devices and…
AT&T aims to increase access to educational and digital literacy tools by opening the first of more than 20 AT&T Connected Learning Centers across the U.S. These AT&T Learning Centers will be in facilities operated by local community organizations and…
C Spire has finished the two-plus years, multi-million-dollar construction of a 225-mile-long fiber optic cable route from Kiln, Mississippi to West Mobile, Alabama, the company announced. Alabama consumers and businesses represent a critical portion of C Spire’s $1 billion investment…
Windstream Kinetic plans to bring fiber to 18,000 locations in Matthews, North Carolina, in a multi-year expansion project, the company announced yesterday. Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. The Matthews expansion marks a significant increase over the current 6,500 locations…
Palmetto Electric Cooperative is partnering with Walterboro, S.C.,-based Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) for PalmettoLink, which aims to bring high-speed internet to rural residents in the South Carolina counties of Allendale, Hampton and Jasper. “We are very excited to partner…
New Jersey 5G users had the best experiences in three categories using the technology on a smartphone, while Texas and Illinois 5G users had the best experiences in single categories, according to a new report from Opensignal. This report looked…
Just as the demand for and use of home Wi-Fi increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, so did the complaints about Wi-Fi issues, according to a new report from Airties, a provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions for network…
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program has reached a 5 million-household enrollment level, all of whom signed up since the program’s inception in mid-May, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced last week. The program covers some of the costs of monthly…
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