FCC allocates $67 million to boost rural broadband adoption

Posted on 25/02/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FCC is acting on its promise to pour more money into rural broadband. The regulator has formally offered an additional $67 million to 207 rural carriers through the Connect America Fund on the condition they "significantly expand" access to serv...

FCC offers $67 million more per year for rural broadband programs

Posted on 12/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Federal Communications Commission announced today additional funding to its Connect America Fund dedicated to expanding broadband internet service to rural communities. The agency will make available $67 million more per year than originally earm...

FCC funds rural broadband for more than 700,000 homes and businesses

Posted on 29/08/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

As part of its efforts to make broadband more available in rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the Connect America Fund Phase II "reverse auction" will bring broadband service to more than 700,000 homes and businesses fo...

FCC chair proposes $500 million push for rural broadband

Posted on 16/01/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bringing broadband internet access to rural areas has been an ongoing, long-term effort, but millions of Americans, including over a third of rural citizens according to 2016 reports, still don't have the option. Today FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed...

AT&T’s rural wireless internet is now available in 18 states

Posted on 27/09/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you've been waiting for AT&T's rural wireless internet to show up in your state, there's now a good chance you can sign up. The telecom has launched the service in nine more states, or twice as many as it had just a few months ago. And this...

AT&T is rapidly expanding its rural wireless internet service

Posted on 26/06/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

AT&T wasn't kidding when it said it would expand its rural wireless internet service in short order. The carrier has launched its fixed-in-place cellular access in eight more southeastern states, providing broadband to over 70,000 locations that...

AT&T’s rural internet push starts with Georgia

Posted on 25/04/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

AT&T is making good on an FCC Connect America Fund promise to bring reasonably fast internet to rural dwellers and those who'd otherwise have to settle for pokey service. The carrier has completed its first batch of fixed wireless internet rollou...

FCC approves $170 million for New York broadband rollout

Posted on 26/01/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FCC's first action under new Chairman Ajit Pai will direct up to $170 million in federal funding to help ease the digital divide in New York State. The commission voted Thursday to approve the funds as part of the Connect America program, which i...

FCC report says 19 million americans still without broadband access

Posted on 21/08/2012 by Daniel Cooper

The FCC believes that 19 million Americans don't have access to broadband, defined as internet access at a speed of 4 megabits per second or more. Understandably, rural areas are the worst hit, with 14.5 million out in the sticks without access, with areas like West Virginia lacking coverage for 45.9 percent of its population. It's not limited to the wide open spaces of states like Montana (16.7 percent) however, even tech-heavy states like California lack access for 35 percent of its denizens. The commission's Connect America fund is charged with closing this gap, and has already awarded CenturyLink $35 million to connect 45,000 homes in under-served areas as part of a plan to help seven million more people get online by 2018.

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