---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210203221233.73402744@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 22:12:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Broadband authority expands wireless to 3,000 homes By Allison Wrabel More than 3,000 underserved Albemarle County residents now have access to broadband internet through a partnership between the Albemarle County Broadband Authority and Shentel. Using Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Coronavirus Relief Fund money, the authority worked with Shentel to bring its Beam Internet fixed wireless service to the county. https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/broadband-authority-expands-wireless-to-3-000-homes/article_56091cca-65bc-11eb-a232-2f086762f680.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210202182329.AC4CC761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:23:29 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Internet Is Expensive, Slow, and Limited for Rurual Wyoming While the state is working to improve broadband connectivity across the state, many in rural areas of the state find themselves paying more for slower Internet speeds and without any options. By Margaret Austin (TNS) - In homes with children, fighting over who gets to use the internet or who needs to stop their streams has become a common American experience over the last couple decades. It's an argument that Laramie County, Wyo., resident Jackie Fornstrom knows well, living with her husband and four teenage boys on their family farm a few miles outside Pine Bluffs. https://www.governing.com/community/Internet-Is-Expensive-Slow-and-Limited-for-Rural-Wyoming.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210202183915.11F59761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:39:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink Investors Seek First Court OK of $55 Million Deal CenturyLink Inc. investors who accused the company of misleading them about overbilling practices asked a federal judge in Minnesota Tuesday to grant preliminary approval of a $55 million settlement. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/centurylink-investors-seek-first-court-ok-of-55-million-deal ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210202181818.3B3EF761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:18:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: REA will bring fiber net to Southwest Arkansas Southwest Arkansas Rural Electric Cooperative will soon offer high-speed internet to all of the 26,000-plus homes it serves, thanks to more than $53 million in funding secured by its subsidiary. By Christy Busby TEXARKANA, Ark. - Southwest Arkansas Rural Electric Cooperative will soon offer high-speed internet to all of the 26,000-plus homes it serves, thanks to more than $53 million in funding secured by its subsidiary. https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2021/feb/02/southwest-arkansas-electric-cooperative-plans-53-million-fiber-high-speed-internet/858584/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 05 Feb 2021