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Arizona laying conduit along highways to connect rural areas

October 15, 2021 GMT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona is launching a project to use interstate highways in the state to help provide broadband internet access to rural areas.

The state Department of Transportation this week began laying fiber-optic conduit along southbound Interstate 17 in northern Arizona as part of a project with the Arizona Commerce Authority to provide more rural communities with affordable access to high-speed internet service.

‘Satellite constellations’ are filling the Arizona night sky

By MELISSA SEVIGNYJuly 18, 2021 GMT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A new kind of broadband internet is coming to Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, one beamed down from space by so-called “satellite constellations.”

This technology can provide much-needed internet access in rural areas.

Louisiana planning $180M broadband internet expansion effort

June 22, 2021 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana intends to spend $180 million over three years on grants to telecommunication firms that construct broadband internet infrastructure in underserved communities, hoping to lessen a technology gap exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Republicans propose $125 million more for broadband

By SCOTT BAUERJune 16, 2021 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The effort to expand broadband internet to underserved rural areas in Wisconsin would get a $125 million boost under a provision approved Tuesday by the Republican-controlled budget committee, about $75 million less in state funding than Democratic Gov.

Evers announces $100 million to expand broadband

May 18, 2021 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that the state will be using $100 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funding to award grants for expanding broadband internet access in Wisconsin.

Another Georgia electric co-op to offer high-speed internet

April 16, 2021 GMT

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Another Georgia electric cooperative will work with a partner to extend broadband internet...

Myanmar cuts wireless internet service amid coup protests

April 2, 2021 GMT

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military, local providers said, as protesters continued to defy the threat of lethal violence to oppose the junta's takeover...

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Bill aims to expand broadband access for low-income students

By JOSEPHINE WALKER of Capital News ServiceFebruary 26, 2021 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in an effort to expand broadband internet access to low-income students across the commonwealth...

Maryland lawmakers look to plug in disconnected residents

By JACK HOGAN of Capital News ServiceJanuary 28, 2021 GMT

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated...

C Spire investing $1 billion to bring internet to 200,000

January 28, 2021 GMT

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — C Spire is investing $1 billion over the next three years to deploy 5G wireless technology and all-fiber Gigabit broadband internet to more than 200,000 homes and businesses in Mississippi and Alabama...

Federal funds to help Mississippi expand internet access

August 16, 2020 GMT

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi-based technology company plans to install more than 33 miles of underground fiber infrastructure that will help offer ultra-fast broadband internet access to rural areas by the end of the year...

States eager to expand broadband, wary of CARES Act deadline

By WILSON RINGAugust 1, 2020 GMT

Fearful of losing federal pandemic dollars, officials from states across the country are rushing to finish projects by the end of the year aimed at expanding broadband internet into underserved areas...

Mississippi to receive $16M to expand broadband access

July 14, 2020 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is receiving more than $16 million in federal coronavirus relief money to provide broadband access to rural parts of the state, officials announced Tuesday...

More than 40 Vermont towns consider broadband collaboratives

March 2, 2020 GMT

GROTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 40 Vermont communities will be considering on Tuesday's Town Meeting Day whether to join a communications district intended to bring broadband internet services to remote parts of the state.

A world without internet exists for some in Alabama

By PAUL GATTISMay 13, 2018 GMT

HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) — Maybe it seems laughable, maybe certainly unthinkable.

Trump takes victory lap on taxes with rural Americans

By ZEKE MILLERJanuary 9, 2018 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Connecting with rural Americans, President Donald Trump on Monday hailed his tax overhaul as a victory for family farmers and pitched his vision to expand access to broadband internet, a cornerstone of economic development in the nation's heartland...

‘Internet drives the economy now’: Lincoln senator seeks to re-enact net neutrality rules in Nebraska

CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal StarJanuary 6, 2018 GMT

A Nebraska lawmaker introduced a bill Friday to restore rules preventing internet service providers from slowing your ability to binge television shows on Netflix or blocking search engines that aren't Google.