Cambium Networks announced a strategic collaboration with QUILT, NODE Networks, TMA Technology Solutions, and ComEd to enhance digital equity in underserved communities across Chicago as part of QUILT’s Broadband Access for Brighter Futures Program.
Render Networks is itching to get in on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) action, especially as deployment costs are going up. The company is hearing concern from state broadband offices that “there’s a real possibility that some of these firms could walk away from money because they just don’t see a way to actually execute against the constraints and still meet all the cost conditions.” Render’s bread-and-butter is a digital construction management platform that aims to automate many of the manual construction processes that go into broadband deployments.
MCNC will host a groundbreaking ceremony at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) on Thursday, Sept. 5, to signify the start of MCNC’s HERO (High Speed Economies for Rural Opportunity) Project. MCNC received $11.2 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in June 2023 for the HERO Project.
A digital equity grant awarded to Internet2 will be used to enhance the capabilities of Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal libraries. Internet2 is a nonprofit community of more than 2,000 organizations that works to provide advanced technologies that are oriented for research and education.
The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) announced that it has awarded more than $40 million in state grants to internet service providers, telephone cooperatives, pueblos and a tribal company to deploy broadband across the state. Grant recipients include seven entities, some of which will handle multiple projects. The grants are being released through the state’s Connect New Mexico Fund. This $70 million state-led broadband grant program is designed to expand high-speed internet access and deploy infrastructure to unserved and underserved communities.
With home working becoming ubiquitous, along with internet gaming and video streaming, a stable and dependable network is more important than ever. Alongside price, reliability is the key metric driving consumers’ decisions when choosing an internet connection—lightning-fast marketed speeds are irrelevant without a stable connection to use them. This report uses Opensignal’s new Broadband Reliability Experience metric to quantify the real-world experience of our U.S. fixed broadband users. Key findings include:
The process of creating effective, pro-consumer policies is often filled with opportunities, challenges, and ambiguity. The process has been no different for the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which allowed 23 million low-income households an opportunity to reliably connect to affordable high-speed internet.
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