HOLYOKE — The state’s Make Ready program helped utilities and providers bring modern, high-speed internet to 28,000 households in rural Massachusetts with 40,000 poles and 2,000 miles of optical fiber over the last four years. And much of that high-tech work involved the old-fashioned labor of tunneling...
PHILADELPHIA, PA As the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), and its predecessor the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), approaches, Comcast today announced new developments in its efforts to increase awareness and help people take advantage of the life-changing program that provides $30 each month toward...
With the United States having the monumental opportunity to close the digital divide, it is helpful to get an idea of how download speeds have changed over time. Thanks to the more than $300 billion invested by cable internet providers over the last 20 years, internet speeds...
It’s made possible by subsidies from the federal infrastructure bill combined with budget offerings from local companies. Last year’s federal infrastructure spending bill is about to pay off for low-income households in need of broadband Internet service. Local providers are rolling out options that will let...