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Critics say California's broadband expansion plan won't lower internet prices for those who need it. There's still time to weigh in on L.A. City Mayor Karen Bass's budget. East LA College has a 'museum studies' major. We talk with students there. Plus, more. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.  Update: This episode of The L.A. Report was updated to correct a factual error in our reporting of the Voyager story.Support the show: https://laist.com

There are fresh calls for National Broadband Ireland to improve its communication on the rollout of its plan in Clare. It's after elected representatives were told by senior NBI officials this week that it expects all eligible premises in this county to see connection by the end of 2026 at the latest. More than 1,700 premises in this county covered by the Limerick city and Gort deployment areas are ready for service, while a further 3,400 in the Kilkishen area are now seeing building work underway. Maghera-based Fianna Fail Councillor Pat Hayes, who invited NBI to the Council, has been telling Clare FM's Josh Prenderville that another update will be requested within six months.

Join us today, June 2, at 5pm ET in the chat for the latest episode of the Connect This! Show. Co-hosts Christopher Mitchell (ILSR) and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) are joined by regular guests Kim McKinley (UTOPIA Fiber) and Doug Dawson (CCG Consulting).  The panel will dig into recent news on the BEAD program (including Alan Davidson's remarks at […]

Lee County has created their plan to provide high speed internet to their residents.  #AlbanyGA #SWGA #Georgia #LocalNews        -      -           -           -              Subscribe today, so you don't miss an episode!            Register Here for your essential digital news.             This Podcast was produced and published for the Albany Herald by BG Ad Group on 2-07-22         For more information be sure to visit https://www.bgpodcastnetwork.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the massive infrastructure bill passed will the 65 Billion earmarked for Broadband expansion actually work or will it just be a scam as it has been in the past to get internet service providers essentially a free handout. I am very skeptical that this money will truly help those of us in rural America … Continue reading 65 Billion Broadband Plan or Scam #1567 → The post 65 Billion Broadband Plan or Scam #1567 appeared first on Geek News Central.

With the massive infrastructure bill passed will the 65 Billion earmarked for Broadband expansion actually work or will it just be a scam as it has been in the past to get internet service providers essentially a free handout. I am very skeptical that this money will truly help those of us in rural America … Continue reading 65 Billion Broadband Plan or Scam #1567 → The post 65 Billion Broadband Plan or Scam #1567 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Today is Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Here's a look at the top headlines from around the Northland. The Duluth News Tribune Minute is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and Cloquet Pine Journal. Find more news throughout the day at duluthnewstribune.com.

An Albany Tech student earned the bronze medal at the national SkillsUSA finals; Irwin EMC unveils its new project to provide high speed internet to customers in South Georgia; And Georgia Officials attempted to postpone Biden Administration's Medicaid Expansion. #AlbanyGA #SWGA #Georgia #LocalNews  - - - - - - The Albany Herald Podcast is local news for Albany, Vancise, Pretoria, and all of Southwest Georgia. Subscribe today, so you don't miss an episode! Register Here for your essential digital news.  This Podcast was produced and published for the Albany Herald by BG Ad Group on 6-30-2021.  For advertising inquiries, please email j.southerland@bgadgroup.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jess chats to David McCourt of National Broadband Ireland about the progress of the NBP. Aimee Connolly chats about building her brand and the power of online. Ciara O'Brien of the Irish Times talks through the key features of Windows 11. TechTalk@newstalk.com With thanks to THINK. Listen and subscribe to Tech Talk with Jess Kelly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.    

Two Senators on opposite sides of the aisle are coming together to try and reduce the digital divide among students. 

The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users.

The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users.

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Biden plans to spend $100m on broadband infrastructure, China creates its own crypto currency, and housing is too damn expensive.NewsBiden Announces His Broadband Plan and ISPs Will Hate ItChina Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major EconomyFederal Reserve's Digital Dollar Push Worries Wall StreetVisa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrencyhousing is too expensiveIn Los Angeles even with 30-year rates at 3.17% as they stand in late-March, it requires 43.6% of the median monthly income to make mortgageRecommendations Rugs.comMurder Among the Mormons on NetflixShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:Mike's coffee company: Bookcase CoffeeFor investors:Jeff's software: The Bubble BoardFor restaurant managers:Mike's startup: Dashy DashFollow UsTwitter: @twpwkYoutubeiTunesSpotifyStitcherGoogle PodcastsPocket CastsOvercast

It's Free Speech Friday. Special guests on the show today: Rep Victoria Spartz from IN on the #BorderCrisis and Jake Bequette on #Woke Sports. @JoePags on Parler and Telegram!

The listener “Question of the Week” is asking how to prioritize Wi-Fi networks, the we discuss Microsoft’s big contract to develop the HoloLens to be used by the US Army, Facebook Covid-19 profile frames, then the “Off-Facebook Activity” tool, and how to control your FB News Feed, and  President Biden’s plan to extend Broadband Internet Access via Fiber

Reported by Vox, included in President Biden’s 2 trillion dollar American Jobs infrastructure proposal includes $100 billion designed to provide all Americans with affordable high-speed internet access.

As part of a broader look at the digital divide, we dig into some of the problems facing the 13-state region that encompasses the Appalachian Mountains.    Story: https://cnet.co/3s9a9vY Text us: https://cnet.co/dailycharge Leave a voicemail: 862-250-8573 Follow us: twitter.com/thedailycharge Homepage: cnet.com/daily-charge  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The internet connection was working as expected at Coontail Market in Boulder Junction on Tuesday. The grocery, convenience, and outdoor sports store could accept credit cards and access its servers. But it’s not always like this. At least once a week, said owner Steve Coon, there is some sort of internet issue. “It happens way too frequently with DSL, which is the product, of course, that most rural areas have,” he said. Coon said internet service is not only slow, it’s unreliable. “Everything that we do is pretty much broadband-based. When the broadband goes out, it’s obviously a problem,” he said. Internet outages force the store into a workaround to take credit cards and mean its servers struggle to connect with the second Coontail location in Arbor Vitae. Coon’s level of frustration is widespread in Boulder Junction. Down the street, public library director Cherie Sanderson saw a nearby pavilion turn into an impromptu outdoor office space in 2020. “We never envisioned what this

As schools prepare for the fall, online education is looking like a good option for socially distanced learning. But not everyone has access to the internet at home. Our reporter James Rundle explains how leaders in Chicago have come up with a plan to expand broadband access-and close the digital divide. Amanda Lewellyn hosts. Production assistance from Nora Eckert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-CNN accidentally tells truth about Iran. -Origins of "Cats Can Have A Little Salami" meme. -NYC releases Broadband Plan. -John Bolton stoked for war with Iran. -Liz Warren's "Double Selfies"

Sarah was joined by Fiona O'Loughlin, Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South, Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire, Colm Burke, Fine Gael Senator, Kevin Humphreys, Labour Senator and Harry McGee, Political Correspondent for The Irish Times.

The Obama Administration was deadly serious in September when they called for all Federal hands on deck to meet the challenges of deploying broadband everywhere. The EPA – yes, that EPA – along with the USDA’s Rural Utilities Services is rolling out a pilot program to offer communities broadband strategy planning assistance. Ed Fendley lays out plans for Cool & Connected, the service he heads for the EPA. The program targets communities interested in using broadband to help revitalize small-town promote economic development. Cool & Connected is recruiting experts to assist communities with network buildouts and tactics that enable networks to deliver their promised benefits. In today’s interview, Fendley provides details on eligibility requirements, rules and due dates. Participants also are encouraged to bring partnership to the table. With the heavy focus on helping communities afford the cost of building broadband networks, we sometimes forget about the cost of planning for networks, particularly in small and midsize towns. The EPA believes its resources can be best brought to bear by pursuing this planning role. 

Communities may be leaving an awful lot of money on the table for funding broadband because they're not going to the most logical money source on the planet - the bank. Stearns Brothers & Co Senior VP Aaron Gadouas explains that approaching banks and other tradition financial institutions is a viable option that more communities should explore. Critiquing the nine business models presented in Craig Settles' Building the Gigabit City (Chapter 5), Gadouas lays out tactics for preparing your community to take it to the bank and get financing: *  securing credible memoranda of understanding *  pre-selling network service subscriptions *  leveraging support from local banks and credit unions *  avoiding obvious and not so obvious pitfalls Mr. Gadouas, with 15 years experience in corporate finance and new product development, is widely recognized for his track record of innovation that includes creating a public-private financing program for healthcare organizations. At a recent Kansas City conference, he presented government and private sector organizations with a game plan for financing broadband infrastructure.  

MDUs - Multi Dwelling Units. Apartments, office buildings, incubators and the like. They don’t attract much attention in mainstream media coverage of broadband, but advocates for these networks are taking a greater interest in MDUs. In Kansas City, geeks and budding software developers are flocking to apartments with gigabit access. Red Wing, MN has made a commercial MDU the centerpiece of its broadband adoption strategy. In a stroke economic development genius, Santa Monica, CA convinced commercial building owners to extend the city’s fiber network inside their buildings, and eliminated tenant vacancies. Bryan Rader, CEO of Bandwidth Consulting, explains to listeners how and why broadband planners need to factor MDUs into their strategy. Issues discussed are: MDUs’ role as anchor tenants on the network     the economic development impact of broadband integration with MDUs one-size adoption strategies don’t fit all MDUs partnering commercial building owners with other broadband stakeholders

Faced with too many people paying too much for too little broadband, the Australian government decided the infrastructure was too important to the public to be left vulnerable to market forces alone. So they are building a national broadband network (NBN) for which private-sector profit and the public good are equal objectives.   Australia's NBN champion and senior cabinet leader Senator Stephen Conroy is our guest, discussing their network's origins, progress to date and lessons learned. There is much to be learned from Senator Conroy. He frequently advocates for an affordable broadband infrastructure consistent with his nation's culture of "The Fair Go."  Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to get ahead and to get on with the business of being a fully productive member of their community. Nonprofits, community foundations and public private partnerships are increasingly core tactics for communities determined to get better broadband for local businesses and residents. Senator Conroy offers good insights to making these particular efforts winners while overcoming political opposition.

Today, President Obama issues an Executive Order to significantly streamline the deployment of conduit, a key element of broadband infrastructure. This is expected to reduce 90% of the cost of putting fiber in the ground.  The White House also is launching USD Ignite, a major public-private-nonprofit partnership dedicated to accelerating broadband application development, and increasing the number of applications across the US.  Several of the movers and shakers within the US Ignite effort join us to put both actions into context. How will communities benefit? What resources or investments should communities expect from the program? What kinds of broadband apps does US Ignite hope their contests and cash prizes will produce?  Tune in for answers to these and other questions. My guests are: 2:00 EST - Joe Kochan, Co-Founder, US Ignite 2:10 - Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy  2:20 - Jed Marston, VP Marketing & Communications, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce 2:30 - Gary Evans, CEO Hiawatha Broadband 2:40 - Will Barkis, Gigabit Evangelist, Mozilla

When the Federal Communications Commission announced in April of 2009 that they would be pursuing a National Broadband Plan – picture something as ambitious as the interstate highway initiative but for bytes instead of cars – web surfers with a need for speed began warming up their mouse muscles. It seems like we’ve sat on the side of the road while our friends in Europe and Asia have zoomed past us in the race to faster net speeds at cheaper prices. But how does the US really stack up to the rest of the world? As part of their Broadband Plan the FCC commissioned Yochai Benkler and a team of researchers at the Berkman Center to put together an international review of broadband deployment and policy. The result is an exhaustive 333-page report showing the US roughly in the middle of 30 industrial nations – in terms of speed, penetration, and cost. How did we end up in the middle? And more importantly, how did so many other countries get ahead? Yochai sat down with David Weinberger to talk about how they found these results, and what the US could do to ambitiously pursue a faster web. CC Music this week: Jeremiah Jacobs – Pushing Past BOCrew – SoulCornerBeat Photo courtesy of flickr user paulnich

The FCC is knee-deep in Universal Service Fund (USF) reform and other key issues that are influencing broadband expansion and adoption in the U.S. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is our guest this week, helping listeners better understand, and (hopefully) participate in some of the FCC's efforts. Broadcasting live from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors conference in San Francisco, host Craig Settles and Commissioner Clyburn discuss:   USF reform issues that directly impact funding that may become available for broadband broadband adoption issues specific to underserved urban communities how to increase communities' participation in broadband policy making Over $4 billion in potential broadband funding is being influenced by FCC actions. Policies that influence decisions made at the regional and local level are on the table. If you care about broadband, this is one show you don't want to miss.  

Sure, Chattanooga is doing great things with a gigabit network. However, Santa Monica's no slouch in a gigabit club that's still pretty small in number but huge on community benefits. They have a 10 gigabit network! Santa Monica started in 2006 with no money for a fiber network. City CIO Jory Wolf banked on creativity and business savvy to use Santa Monica's then dark fiber to save not only $750,000 in telecom costs, but also substantial costs for the city's schools and colleges. Today we explore in detail broadand's impact on local economies. Jory's team has leveraged the network to attract new media and entertainment companies, reduced telecom costs for existing businesses and increased the number of providers serving Santa Monica from one incumbent to 200 ISPs. Like Chattanooga, Santa Monica's fiber network also enables powerful wireless apps, including parking meter management, wireless hotzones and commercial corridors and smart grid. ....................................................................................................................................