Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is helping to fund fixed wireless service for public housing in Cleveland. The company teamed with DigitalC — a local nonprofit focused on connecting the unconnected in the city — on the offering,…
Facebook, Appalachian Power, GigaBeam Collaborate on Rural Virginia Broadband Build
Facebook, Appalachian Power and GigaBeam are each playing a role in supporting a new broadband build in rural Grayson County, Virginia – an area in the Blue Ridge Mountains where 57% of citizens lack broadband access. GigaBeam will be making…
YouTube, Facebook Top Social Media Use Report
Age and demographic differences play a big role in which social media sites an individual uses, according to a new U.S. social media use report from Pew Research Center. The survey found that the two top sites continue to be…
Facebook Takes Another Step Towards Selling Wholesale Fiber Access
Facebook said today that it will build a fiber network in Indiana to interconnect some of its data centers. The company also noted that it will make capacity on that network available to communications service providers. Where possible, Facebook purchases…
Report: 33% of COVID-19 Teleworkers Say Voice Communications is Most Important
Although it may not be the most advanced option, voice calling was rated the most important communications option for teleworkers during COVID-19, according to a COVID-19 teleworkers communications report from Global Wireless Solutions. One third of smartphone users surveyed said…
Puerto Rican ISP Partners with Facebook Connectivity to Bring Wi-Fi to Old San Juan
Puerto Rican broadband provider AeroNet announced that it has teamed with Facebook Connectivity, the technology R&D arm of the social media conglomerate, to provide advanced Wi-Fi services to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, which launched yesterday. A goal of the…
Facebook Fiber Robot Would Enable Installation on Electric Infrastructure
Working with partners, Facebook has developed technology aimed at enabling fiber optic cables to be installed by a robot on existing electric power infrastructure. The goal is to reduce the cost of fiber deployment to bring affordable broadband to areas…
Sandvine Mobile Video Report: Video is 62% of Mobile Traffic
Video is dominating mobile Internet use, according to a new Sandvine mobile video report. Video is 60% of downstream traffic and 62% of traffic overall, according to the report, titled Sandvine Mobile Internet Phenomena Report. Sandvine dug into the details…
Common Networks Fixed Wireless Will Use Facebook Terragraph, 802.11ay for 1 Gbps Broadband
Common Networks, an innovative wireless ISP serving several west coast metro markets, has launched what it calls “the first commercial deployment of wireless rooftop hardware to customer homes that leverages the new 802.11ay standard, via the Qualcomm 60 GHz Wi-Fi…
Facebook Terragraph Gigabit Wireless Gains Deployments
Facebook Terragraph gigabit wireless technology is gaining some traction with the news this week that Puerto Rican competitive carrier AeroNet will pilot the technology in Old San Juan. The development follows other Terragraph deployments in Alameda, California and in Hungary….
New Rural Broadband Deployment Model: MCNC Partners with Facebook on North Carolina Build
Facebook and MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) are “co-investing” to build a high-speed fiber network interconnecting the rural North Carolina communities of Dobson and Forest City. The latter community is home to…
Report: Small Business Faces Challenges Selling Online, Amazon Often Viewed as the Bad Guy
Selling online is often viewed as a way for small businesses in rural areas to generate income beyond their home turf. But a new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance found major challenges for a small business selling online,…
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