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August 2022

Purdue's smart city microcosm includes private wireless and a neutral host fiber network

Municipal leaders worldwide are educating themselves about the potential of wireless connectivity, sensors and artificial intelligence to make their cities safer, cleaner, richer and easier to navigate. But when it comes to actually implementing new technology, many are challenged by integration with existing systems, networks and processes. This was not a problem for David Broecker, chief innovation and commercial officer at Purdue Research Foundation (PRF).

Big Tech is facing a data privacy squeeze

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s major move towards crafting data privacy rules is the latest signal of a potential end to Big Tech's expansive use of online data. As people grow warier of the online trails of digital data they leave behind, the lack of data privacy protections in the US has increasingly become a glaring source of concern for many. The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to seek comment on the harms of "commercial surveillance" and whether privacy rules are needed.

FCC Reports to Congress on Future of the Universal Service Fund

The Federal Communications Commission completed its Report on the Future of the Universal Service Fund as required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which instructs the FCC to submit to Congress “a report on options of the Commission for improving its effectiveness in achieving the universal service goals for broadband in light of this Act...and other legislation that addresses those goals.” The Infrastructure Act includes the largest ever federal investment in broadband, totaling approximately $65 billion.

Few eastern Montana projects in $258 million broadband proposal

A committee advising Gov.

More than 1 million Missourians lack internet but the issue in Columbia is reliability

About 20% of Missouri -- around 1.26 million people -- don't have access to high-speed internet, according to University of Missouri Extension research. But even those who have access to the internet may not have quality or reliable service. Extension Vice Chancellor Marshall Stewart said access is only part of the picture: "It’s one thing to be connected, it’s another thing to have the bandwidth that you need and then it’s another thing to know how to use it." A 2014 report by consulting firm Magellan identifies that Columbia lacks widespread, reliable and affordable broadband internet, wh

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