Topic: Broadband Internet
U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service
Reuters US Online Report Technology News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who would qualify, but will make ...
FCC to propose revamping Universal Service Fund
AP News
Federal Communications Commission envisions using Universal Service funds to pay for broadbandFederal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas. The Federal Communications Commission will include a proposal to revamp the Universal ...
Google dangles ultrafast broadband and cities leap
AP Features
Wearing just a T-shirt and shorts, Mayor Don Ness strolled to the end of a dock jutting into frigid Lake Superior. He grinned, waved his arms to a cheering crowd, and jumped in. "I've laid down the gauntlet!" Ness cried, shivering and dripping as he emerged from the lake ...
Kansas city changes name -- temporarily -- to Google
AFP Global Edition
A city in Kansas seeking to be a test hub for a high-speed broadband network being built by Google has temporarily changed its name to... Google. Topeka Mayor William Bunten issued a proclamation declaring that, for the month of March, the Kansas capital would be known as "Google, Kansas -- the ...
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