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1:19 The General Assembly this year approved $300 million for a last mile broadband expansion project that focuses on under-served areas of the state. State Budget Director John Hicks gave an update this week to the legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue. He said a Request for Information, or RFI, will be issued in a couple of weeks. “It’s purpose is to ask the providers and municipalities, and other government agencies their ideas, comments and their suggestions, Hicks said. We don’t know what we don’t know, and so we want to avail ourselves of their expertise before we finalize our process.” ....
As Pew Research Center’s latest survey highlights, smartphone ownership now sits at 85 percent and broadband subscriptions at 77 percent. Both categories are up four percentage points. ....
Broadband connection plan misses target by thousands claims Laois TD Reporter: [email protected] Brian Stanley s with his party leader Mary Lou McDonald on a visit to Laois and Offaly in 2020 ); ); Thousands of homes in counties like Laois will not be getting high speed broadband this year as promised if the figures obtained by local TD Brian Stanley are to be believed. The Sinn Féin TD and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee says he uncovered through a parliamentary question that the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is set for a disastrous first year with 4,000 homes ready for connection in 2021 despite a target of 115,000. ....
WASHINGTON — The federal Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to allow households to receive a monthly discount off the cost of broadband service has begun ....