By a vote of 6-1, with two councilors absent, the Loveland City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance allowing the city to issue the bonds. Loveland staff will now begin the three-year process to construct a city-wide fiber broadband network that is capable of offering up to gigabit speeds for any resident or business. The city and its consultants will immediately start the process of bonding for about $97 million (the exact amount depends on a number of factors, including the interest rate on the bonds, the term of the bonds and structure of the financing).
Facebook to launch broadband expansion project in West Virginia
Representatives from Facebook joined West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to announce a 275-mile fiber optic cable across West Virginia to connect its data centers. The project will enable broadband providers to tap into the fiber line, giving the...
Rural America will fall further behind without all-fiber broadband infrastructure investment
Lisa R. Youngers, president and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, published an op-ed in The Hill emphasizing that all Americans "deserve access to ultra-fast broadband service that only all-fiber networks can provide. Expanding all-fiber networks, especially to rural America...
Broadband access 'local economic development issue'
Scott Rudd, director of broadband opportunities in Indianapolis, said the "lack of high speed internet access in some areas of the state has created a sense of urgency." In an interview, Rudd talked about the need for the state’s largest single investment in broadband to dat...
Blunt working for expansion of broadband service in rural Mo.
In Missouri, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt "spoke of his goal to increase broadband service to rural Missouri…" Sen. Blunt said that 51 percent of rural Missouri does not have broadband service, compared to 35 percent of rural areas nationwide. In his remarks, Sen. Blunt highlighted ...
SC continues to invest in telehealth, but internet connections lag
South Carolina is expanding access to telemedicine which is seen as a solution to deteriorating health care services in rural parts of the state. Still though, some 537,000 people in South Carolina don’t have an adequate internet connection at home—about 11 percent of the st...
House OKs public-private partnerships for roads, broadband projects
The House of Representatives approved House Bill 286 on Friday by a vote of 64-0. Sponsored by five lawmakers from both political parties, this bill would allow any government agency in the state to enter into a long-term agreement with a private entity to finance and build road a...