Fast, affordable Internet access for all.
Emma Gautier
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A Plan for Middle and Last-Mile Comes Together in York County
For the past two years, York County, Pennsylvania (est. pop. 459,000) has been working hard on a multi-part plan to connect both rural and urban areas.
Not All Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollees Are Using the Benefit: A Look into 30 Major Metro Areas
Since the launch of the Affordable Connectivity Program last January, millions of households have benefitted from the $30/month connection subsidy to help pay for their broadband bills.
Sprout Fiber Takes Root in Rural Alabama
In June of 2020, Cullman Electric Cooperative launched Sprout Fiber Internet, a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to bring broadband access to its members in rural Alabama.
BrightRidge Charges Ahead with Connecting Communities in Tennessee
<p>Located in the most northeastern part of Tennessee, BrightRidge has served as Johnson City’s public power utility for nearly 80 years.
Dixie EPA’s Accelerated Buildout Reflects a Big Connectivity Push by Mississippi Cooperatives
Rural Southeast Alaskan Tribes Leverage Spectrum for a Pilot Connecting Hard-to-Reach Communities
The Tlingit and Haida Tribes will leverage $15 million in Rescue Plan funding to bring LTE-based 100 Mbps symmetrical wireless connectivity to 10,000 unserved residents in and around the city of Wrangell, located on Wrangell Island
Following Through on Transparency: A Broadband Nutrition Label Status Report
Nearly one year ago on November 15, 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which contained significant legislation around broadband.
Transcript: Community Broadband Bits Episode 424
This is the transcript for episode 424 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. In this episode, Christopher Mitchell speaks with Jeff Christensen of EntryPoint Networks about open access networks.
RDOF Funding Propels a Local Electric Cooperative to Extend Connectivity in Rural Missouri
Electric cooperatives illustrate the power that community-owned enterprises have to bring Internet access at scale to unconnected rural communities.
New Vermont Communications Union District Convenes to Connect the Rutland Region
With nearly 65,000 households unable to connect to the Internet at basic broadband speeds of 25/3 Megabits per second (Mbps), municipalities across the Green Mountain State have risen to the fore in formulating creative models for addressing the tens of thousands of homes without broadband access.