Closing the Digital Divide for NC Students
04.13.07
In Chapel Hill, NC, the city is embarking on a new project to help students benefit from high-speed Internet, even when they're not at school. Read More »
Internet access bill passes Vermont House
04.13.07
Vermont took another impressive step forward towards universal high-speed Internet this month. The state House has passed a bill that would create a new Vermont Telecommunications Authority to promote high-speed Internet access across the state. Read More »
Telemedicine for Rural America
04.12.07
Last fall, the FCC announced the creation of the Rural Health Care Pilot Program. According to the program's website, its purpose is to "facilitate the creation of a nationwide broadband network dedicated to health care, connecting public and private non-profit health care providers in rural and urban locations." Read More »
Pennsylvania’s hospitals and doctors will benefit from high-speed Internet access
04.12.07
Pennsylvania is looking to improve high-speed Internet access to the state's medical community, according to Medical News Today. Read More »
Fiber: The only answer to the need for speed
04.11.07
New innovations like internet TV and phone service are making the need for speed clearer and clearer. The only technology that will be able to handle these and future innovations is fiber-optic cable. Delivering speeds up to 100 megabits per second, fiber is the future of the internet, and in some places, it's already being implemented. Read More »
The American Fork, Utah fiber-optic network is up for sale, again
04.11.07
American Fork, Utah was in negotiations to sell their fiber-optic network to a Swedish partnership, but had to cancel the sale when the partnership was unable to gather the funding needed to invest a planned $8 million in American Fork's network. Read More »
Fighting Back Against Verizon’s Sneak Attack on Virginia
04.03.07
Virginia's communications consumers are at risk of losing one of their most important protections. The Communications Workers of America is standing up to try and stop this corporate attack on consumer rights. Read More »
DHS Needs the Lastest in Internet Technology
04.02.07
Since the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the founding of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there's been much attention paid to the communications tools available to first responders. High-speed internet access is critical for emergency personnel, yet some police and fire departments don't even have computers. Read More »
Cyber Seniors
03.30.07
From Michigan comes a report about the doors opened by high-speed Internet access. The Lansing State Journal reports on a class aimed at increasing Internet skills for seniors, a demographic at danger of being left on the wrong side of the digital divide. Read More »
“Acceptable use” policies surprise Internet users
03.29.07
Comcast, a major provider of Internet access, has come under fire for shutting customers off if they violate an unstated "acceptable use" policy. Read More »
