Archive | February, 2010

California gets $7.25 million broadband stimulus grant: is that all?

The NTIA has approved a $7.25 million broadband stimulus grant to bridge the technological divide and increase economic opportunities in vulnerable and low-income communities in Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire in California (finally, a grant to a California institution). The grant will fund digital literacy training for [...]

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RUS approved broadband stimulus applications as of 17 Feb 2010

The Rural Utilities Service has posted a list of projects that have received broadband stimulus loans and grants under BIP (as of 17 Feb 2010). The largest award made to date is $51 million (loan) and $50 million (grant) to the Rural Telephone Service Co. for the expansion of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas [...]

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Clearwire’s Big Q4: 87,000 New 4G Subscribers Added

The Q4 2009 numbers are in and they are good for Clearwire: According to its press release, Clearwire added 87,000 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2009, meeting the company’s predicted goal of adding more new users in the last 90 days than during the entire previous three quarters of 2009. Clearwire also [...]

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PC World survey shows AT&T with fastest download speeds

The second PC World 3G Wireless Performance test shows AT&T leading the other cellular carriers in download speeds. In contrast to AT&T’s poor performance last spring, this time around AT&T seems to have made noticeable improvements in its network across the 13 cities where Novarum conducted its tests: “AT&T’s network turned in download speeds that [...]

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New Mexico telephone cooperative gets $11.2M stimulus grant for massive fiber network

The NTIA is on a roll! Today, the agency announced that it is awarding $11.2 million to ENMR Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (which does business as ENMR-Plateau) to improve broadband access and speeds in eastern New Mexico and west Texas via a 1,600-mile ring of fiber. Among other benefits, the project plans to expand distance learning [...]

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Wilmington, NC uses white spaces for smart city, eco-friendly wireless applications

Wilmington, North Carolina and the county of New Hanover (NC) are using the frequencies from the vacated TV white spaces for a variety of wireless applications that save money and protect the environment. The partners in this “smart city” wireless network project are TV Band Service LLC, and Spectrum Bridge (a company that wireless networks [...]

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New Jersey gets $2 million for broadband data collection and mapping

The NTIA has awarded the New Jersey Office of Information Technology approximately $1.5 million for broadband data collection and mapping activities over a two-year period and $500,000 for broadband planning activities over a five -year period in New Jersey, bringing the total grant award to approximately $2 million. The Office of Information Technology is the [...]

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WiMAX backhaul network for Dubai metro Wi-Fi now complete

Dubai operator, Du, has completed the deployment of its WiMAX backhaul network which provides Wi-Fi service to passengers on the Dubai metro. Du charges for Wi-Fi access on the trains and in other locations around Dubai via recharge cards or credit cards. This is an interesting model for WiMAX operators in other countries since most [...]

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Utah gets $13.4M broadband stimulus grant

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved a $13.4 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) investment to allow the University of Utah to enhance and expand the Utah Education Network (UEN), which currently provides Internet service to more than 300 schools and other community anchor institutions. This project will [...]

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Nominate your city for Google’s fiber project

Do you want 100 Mbps+ broadband service in your city? Go to the Google Fiber For Communities site and nominate your city.  I filled it in for San Francisco. I am still very disappointed that the city never got around to setting up a fast wide-area Wi-Fi network in the most crowded areas such as [...]

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