The U.S. Treasury has approved a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF) award of $66 million to New Hampshire for rural broadband projects. The CPF was established by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and is administered by the U.S. Department…
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Report Finds Drop in Number of Smart Home Devices Per Home
The average number of entertainment and smart home devices per U.S. home remains high but dipped slightly – from 25 to 22 – between 2021 and this year, according to Deloitte’s “2022 Connectivity and Mobile Trends” report. A key theme…
First Capital Projects Fund Awards Made for Broadband, $583M to Four States
More than 200,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia will gain broadband connectivity with the help of funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s new Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). The funding will go…
Report: Library Broadband Initiatives Helped Communities Cope with COVID
Library broadband initiatives helped patrons cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in many creative ways, as a new report from the American Library Association (ALA) illustrates. Some of the initiatives were made possible through the Emergency Connectivity Fund, which directed over…
Comcast: Broadband Traffic Returning to Pre-COVID Patterns
Broadband traffic is returning to pre-COVID patterns, according to Comcast. For example, the company says that in 2021, peak downstream network traffic increased approximately 11% and peak upstream traffic increased approximately 5% compared to 2020 levels, reversing a trend seen…
It’s a Wrap for the FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program with $48M in Final Awards
The FCC COVID-19 telehealth program completed its final awards today. The 100 application approvals in round two of the program total $47.89 million. The program reimburses health care providers for information services, connected devices and other telecommunications services to enable…
COVID-19 Drives Internet Speed Increase; Wide State-by-State Disparity
Demand for faster internet speeds soared as the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns forced consumers into remote work, students into remote education and businesses and consumers alike into online processes to replace in-person interactions. But there was a significant difference…
Latest FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Approvals Total $42 Million
The FCC fifth tranche of application approvals in the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, totaling $42,702,383, has been made to 68 health care organizations. To date, more than $208 million has been awarded to organizations in the 50…
FCC Makes 75 COVID-19 Telehealth Awards, Invites Applicants to Supplement Their Information
The FCC has approved 75 more applications for funding in Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The new funding announcement totals $42,163,705. This is the fourth Round 2 announcement. All four announcements combined total approximately $166.13 million. Healthcare providers…
FCC Receives $1.3 Billion in Emergency Connectivity Fund Applications
The FCC said on Monday that it has received requests for nearly $1.3 billion in the second application filing window in the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which supports home devices and connectivity for students and library patrons. The…
AT&T to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for CWA Employees
What’s the news? AT&T is implementing a COVID-19 vaccination policy that extends our vaccine requirement to CWA-represented employees, helping to make our workplace safer for more of our employees and customers. This follows the policy we announced in August, requiring…
Homework Gap Research: More Lower Income Students Rely on Cellphones for Schoolwork
The vast majority of parents with K-12 children (93%) say their children had some online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new homework gap research from Pew Research. And while 70% of those parents said it has been very…
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