We've been keeping an eye on Verizon's proposed sale of 1.5 million Vermont land lines to FairPoint Communications, and the likely negative impact it will have on high speed internet access in rural New England. FairPoint, it seems, is in no position to build the infrastructure needed to bring high speed internet to rural communities. Read More »
In response to President Bush's budget, Minnesota's new Senator, Amy Klobuchar, decried cuts to a program providing loans to assist communities in creating Internet infrastructure. Read More »
When he announced his campaign for President of the United States, Senator Barack Obama put the need for universal access to high speed internet front and center. Read More »
It snows a lot in Western Massachusetts, and although the residents can deal with foul weather, their satellite dishes--the only option for internet access faster than dial-up--cannot. According to Florida Town Administrator Susan Brown, "If it snows, I have to have my road foreman de-ice it. The other day, he was throwing salt up at the dish so I could use the Internet to check the upcoming weather forecast." Read More »
Twenty percent of Kentuckians don't have technology as simple as a computer, a printer and an Internet connection in their homes. This leaves the children of that 20 percent out in the cold when it comes to keeping up in school. Read More »
The long journey toward getting high speed internet to America's heartland continues. Read More »
Verizon is launching a sneak attack on consumers' rights by pushing for Senate Bill 1143 in Virginia. Read More »
People living in Northeast Texas can expect greater access to high speed internet thanks to a new AT&T plan to offer high speed internet in Texas that was propelled by state policy initiatives. Read More »
It's easy for folks living in urban and suburban areas to take their high-speed internet access for granted, but for the millions of Americans living in small towns and rural communities, the snail's pace of dial-up access is the only option. Read More »
As several area North Carolina schools have discovered, high speed internet is hard to come by. Fast, reliable internet access is so sparse in rural parts of the state that townspeople and schools have to fight over the few high-speed hubs in town: schools and libraries. The alternative is slow dial-up, which often gets interrupted and is grossly unreliable. Read More »
