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A new generation of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites is on the verge of competing with each other and with terrestrial approaches. An ABI Research LEO satellite broadband forecast calls for considerable growth for the technology.
In the past, GEO satellites have provided residential and business services to rural and remote customers. ABI says that while GEO satellites offer speeds faster than 100 Mbps, their distance from earth – 36,000 km – pushes latency to 600ms, which limits the applications for which they can be used.
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MOVING FASTER: A discussion of the need for high-speed internet access at CES shows that a diverse range of groups is looking for solutions. Disparities in access to high-speed internet affect a wide range of groups. What can be done?
The panel name at the recent Consumer Electronics Show held virtually would catch the attention of anyone in farm country struggling to run a business. “Broadband for All” was to explore the challenge of an issue that’s touching farmers and inner-city folks alike.
Organizers at CES tapped three sources to discuss the issue. Shirley Bloomfield is CEO of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association: The Rural Broadband Association. Boutheina Guermazi is a director with the World Bank. And Nancy Post is director of the Intelligent Solutions Group at John Deere.
Ket4up/ThinkstockPhotos Places that don t have broadband are shown as having broadband, problem spans farmland, mountains and areas just beyond suburbs.
Bloomberg | Apr 05, 2021
By Todd Shields and Rebecca Kern
Federal maps show R. Clay Jackson’s beef cattle farm in rural Madison County, Virginia, is awash in broadband a designation that likely rules it out of President Joe Biden’s push to connect all Americans to fast internet service.
“The assessment is incorrect,” Jackson, owner of Senterfitt Farms and chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, said in an interview. Local broadband is, in fact, sparse. “It puts us at a massive disadvantage as it pertains to applying.”
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Launches Nationwide Network of Trusted Voices to Encourage Vaccination in Next Phase of COVID-19 Public Education Campaign
COVID-19 Community Corps to Mobilize Doctors, Community Leaders, Businesses and Citizens and Equip Them with Resources and Information to Build Vaccine Confidence and Uptake
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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing additional measures to encourage vaccinations and increase vaccine confidence as part of the next phase of its COVID-19 public education campaign. The Administration is launching the COVID-19 Community Corps – a nationwide, grassroots network of local voices people know and trust to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. As part of the launch of the Community Corps, Vice President Kamala Harris and Su
Revolutionary map expanding statewide internet access
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UGA’s Vinson Institute leads the way for Georgians to get connected
Wide swaths of South Georgia lack access to high-speed internet service.
But where are the most households lacking broadband access in the state? Fulton County.
Thanks to a groundbreaking map the first of its kind in the United States community leaders and telecommunications companies in Georgia can now easily identify broadband dead zones down to a single address and expand access to those areas.
“Approximately 10 percent of the population of Georgia is not served,” said Eric McRae, associate director of information technology outreach services at the University of Georgia’s Institute of Government, who oversaw the map’s creation. “That’s not too bad, or doesn’t seem like it is. But when you actually start thinking about it, that’s a million people that don’t have service.”