October 2022

Bulk Internet Services Take Hold in Multifamily Broadband

Multifamily property owners want to make broadband an amenity available to residents as part of their rental agreements. They’re working hard to enter into bulk service agreements with service providers. Commonplace for cable television, these deals are between a homeowners association or condominium association and a company to deliver internet services to everyone who is a community member. Bulk internet services provide several benefits for multifamily owners/operators and residents:

Long-awaited common charger for mobile devices will be a reality in 2024 (European Parliament)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:23

Reviewing case related to Iran (Facebook Oversight Board)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:22

Fast Forward: What makes our network different?

From the start, Google Fiber was designed to bring you Internet - fiber optic Internet.

More Than 235 Applications Submitted to the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Internet for All” Middle Mile Grant Program

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released preliminary data that shows over 235 applications were submitted totaling more than $5.5 billion in funding requests for the Enabling Middle Mile Infrastructure Grant Program. Included in President Biden’s “Internet for All” initiative, the Middle Mile grant program provides $1 billion in funding to projects that connect high-speed Internet networks to each other and reduce the cost of bringing Internet service to communities that lack it. Applications for the Middle Mile program were due

Op-Ed: Everything Is Coming Up Bulk (Broadband Communities)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:06

Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York (Verge, The)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:05

TikTok reports $1 Billion turnover across international markets (Guardian, The)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:05

Development of the ICT sector and the determinants of Internet use in the Southern Caucasus (Telecommunications Policy)

Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:04

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves Regarding Extending “Internet for All” Middle Mile Program in Puerto Rico (Department of Commerce)