Daily Digest 8/9/2019 (Reaching the Unconnected)
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Fri, 08/09/2019
Research examines the effects of being digitally included
2020 Candidates Offer Plans to Extend the Reach of Broadband
Friday, August 9, 2019
August 2019
Huawei Unveils Android Replacement Following US Ban (Wall Street Journal)
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Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content
Apparently, Facebook is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content in a news section that the company hopes to launch later in 2019. Representatives from Facebook have told news executives they would be willing to pay as much as $3 million a year to license headlines and previews of articles from news outlets. The outlets pitched by Facebook on its news tab include Walt Disney Co.’s ABC News, Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones, The Washington Post and Bloomberg. The news-licensing deals between Facebook and news outlets would run for three years. It isn
Evolution of the internet: Celebrating 50 years since Arpanet
Arpanet carried its first message on October 29, 1969, laying the foundation for today’s networked world. Fifty years later, more than 4 billion people have internet access, and the number of devices connected to IP networks is more than double the global population. Follow the link to a look at some key milestones in the history of the internet and projections for its future growth.
Verizon: 5G speeds on low-spectrum bands will be more like “good 4G” (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 15:24Forecasters fear threat of 5G wireless rollout (Science)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 15:20Chairman Pai Proposes To Maintain Current Radiofrequency Exposure Safety Standards (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 15:19CenturyLink CEO: Fiber wins over 5G, wireless and hybrid fiber coax
CenturyLink is defining itself as the go-to provider of fiber-based services for business customers, according to CenturyLink CEO Jeff Storey. "We know that when we have a building on-net, our fiber-based services provide a better, more reliable and higher margin solution than competing infrastructure," Storey said on the earnings conference call. "Fiber beats twisted-pair copper, hybrid fiber-coax, and it beats wireless, whether it's 5G or not, fiber wins. It's highly flexible and increasing speeds, it is secure and really is the basis for all the other competing technologies.