This article was published by KXAN on April 22, 2020 LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — With 40% of students without reliable internet access, the Lockhart Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to help students get access on Monday. The LISD board will pay to build four network towers, and partner with Particle Communications for access to three existing towers, …
Rural Broadband in Texas: Your Help Needed to Improve Statistics and Maps
Austin, TX (February 27, 2020) – Connected Nation Texas (CN Texas) has now released new broadband availability statistics alongside the recently updated broadband (high-speed internet) coverage maps. These statistics show how broadband access varies across the state at various speed combinations. To ensure this information is more accurate CN Texas is asking you to provide feedback. “Having broadband access is …
Dallas to consider expanding Wi-Fi at public libraries
Published by The Register Citizen on September 10, 2019 DALLAS (AP) — On a hot September morning, Victor Moreno and his girlfriend, Cameron Dahlia, drove about 2 miles to the Pleasant Grove Branch Library. The two waited in the parking lot for the building’s 10 a.m. opening, to catch some time on the library’s internet in the hour and a …
Still Buffering: People’s deployed a $36 million fiber network in East Texas
Published by Tyler Morning Telegraph on April 13th, 2019 By Erin Mansfield This is part two of a five-part series about how a lack of connectivity affects East Texans. Part 1: East Texas lags the rest of the state in broadband Part 2: Rural libraries fill the broadband void Part 3: Some East Texans say broadband is too slow and too expensive Part …
Speak Your Piece: Digital Parity Will Help Rural Turn the Corner Economically
Published by Daily Yonder on April 18th, 2019 By Roberto Gallardo I would like to share a different perspective of what seems to be a growing narrative on a decaying rural America and giving up on it. Not long ago, Eduardo Porter argued this view on his December 14th 2018 piece while Paul Krugman’s did the same on his March …
The push continues to improve rural broadband data maps
Published by Farm & Ranch Guide on April 2nd, 2019 By Argi-Pulse Staff A bipartisan group of senators hope a bill directing the Federal Communications Commission to improve broadband coverage and mobile data maps will bridge the digital divide across America and correct “vastly inaccurate” mapping of the issue. The Improving Broadband Mapping Act directs FCC to complete a rule …
