With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap out school papers, but […]
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As Homework Moves Online, Millions Lack Home Internet
With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap out school papers, but […]
Critics Say FCC Report Overstates Broadband Availability
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband report is being hammered by critics who say it paints too rosy a picture of high-speed internet availability in the U.S. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined two dissenting FCC commissioners in criticizing the report released Wednesday. The FCC’s annual Broadband Deployment Report says […]
Critics Say FCC Report Overstates Broadband Availability
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband report is being hammered by critics who say it paints too rosy a picture of high-speed internet availability in the U.S. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined two dissenting FCC commissioners in criticizing the report released Wednesday. The FCC’s annual Broadband Deployment Report says […]
Average Monthly Broadband Usage Up 27% in Q1, Driven By Internet-Only Subs: OpenVault
More 1 TB “power users” and an increasing number of internet-only subscribers helped drive average monthly broadband consumption up 27 percent in the first quarter of 2019, according to data from OpenVault. OpenVault’s quarterly Broadband Industry report showed average monthly usage hit 273.5 GB during Q1, representing a new high, and compared to 215.4 GB […]
Grants Announced for Expanding NC Rural Broadband Access
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — About 10,000 North Carolina households and several hundred businesses and government buildings are expected to gain high-speed internet access through the first grants issued by a new state broadband initiative. State leaders announced this week that nearly $10 million will be distributed to winning applicants in 19 counties through the Growing […]
Charter Reaches Deal with NYDPS to Settle Broadband Network Expansion Dispute
Charter Reaches Deal with NYDPS to Settle Broadband Network Expansion Dispute
Maine Senator Backs Push to Narrow “Digital Divide” in US
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A group of U.S. senators including Maine independent Sen. Angus King is introducing legislation designed to narrow the “digital divide” in the U.S. King’s office says in a statement the legislation would create a pair of $125 million grant programs focusing on projects that provide “equal access to information technology and […]
Questions Over Coverage Plague Rural Broadband Expansion
There is a way around the notoriously sluggish internet in West Virginia. You just need a car and some time. Kelly Povroznik can tell you, when she happens to get a good signal. She teaches an online college course so hampered by unreliable connections that she has had to drive a half-hour to her brother’s […]
