Liberty Communications is an example of a company that started out decades ago as a rural phone company but has transitioned to being a fiber broadband provider offering highly competitive multi-gigabit speeds and expanding beyond its traditional local service turf….
Ubiquity has launched open access networks in Carlsbad, CA and Mesa, AZ. The company said the Mesa deployment is the nation’s first scaled fiber deployment, in which service provider tenants will use both lit and dark fiber to service business…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced plans for a $148 million broadband funding program today. The program, to be known as the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Grant Program, was funded through the U.S. Treasury Capital Projects Fund. The program targets unserved…
Google Fiber has added a symmetrical 8 Gbps option to its network in West Des Moines, IA. The network now offers four speed options, including 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps. The 8 Gbps service will cost $150 per…
Google Fiber said it has agreed to build a fiber broadband network in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Additionally, a local media outlet has reported that the company plans to build in Huntersville, North Carolina. A Google Fiber spokesperson confirmed that the…
Competitive provider Metronet has turned up multi-gigabit service in multiple Iowa markets. Symmetrical speeds up to 2 Gbps will be available to residential customers in the markets and symmetrical speeds up to 10 Gbps will be available to business customers….
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The planning grants total $29,571,055.05. In…
The Department of Management Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) of the state of Iowa has published the fifth version of the state’s Broadband Availability Map. A month-long “challenge window” to enable various parties to comment on whether the…
Google Fiber said it is gearing up to start construction into the Iowa capital of Des Moines later this year. “We’re currently in the planning stages, working with the City of Des Moines on the next steps to get started…
LTD Broadband, which was the biggest winning bidder in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, is suing the Iowa Utilities Board in connection with the eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) filing that the provider made with the board. Potentially at…
Kinetic is expanding its fiber buildout in Newton, Iowa, to cover the entire city. The Windstream business unit said that by the end of the year the more than 4,400 residences and businesses will have access to 1 Gbps service….
MetroNet and the City of Ankeny, Iowa, said they are partnering on a gigabit buildout in the city. When the MetroNet Ankeny project is completed, residents and businesses will have access to MetroNet internet, TV and phone service. Details about…
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