A contractor inadvertently severed fiber optic data lines at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Leon Place early Monday, taking a wide range of city sites offline for several days. All city fiber optic lines had been repaired as of about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, City Manager Luke Stowe reported. A notice taped to the door of …
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(CONSUMER REPORTS) ― Wouldn’t it be nice if shopping for internet service was easy to read and simplified like an itemized invoice? Even a nutrition label? Starting this month for many customers, that’s a reality. Consumer Reports explains the goal is to give you accurate information for comparing plans. The new labels show the provider’s …
May 24, 2024, 9:27 AM HST Today, up to 1,500 households and businesses on Hawaiian Home Lands are facing a sudden loss of phone and/or internet service provided by Sandwich Isles Communications. Affected parties are located throughout the state and include many households in remote communities. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands urges any beneficiaries …
Comcast Now Available to More Than 250 Additional Homes and Businesses in Sharon BERLIN, Conn., May 06, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced the completion of a project to expand its smart, fast, reliable, fiber-based network to deliver its full suite of Xfinity and Comcast Business services to more than 250 additional residents and businesses in the …
for better or for worse, much of our modern world relies on the internet to access the very basic things in life, whether it’s your banking information or your entertainment content; having a good internet connectino is important. Luckily, there are quite a lot of options out there these days, and some of them go …
Travelers at Sacramento International Airport experienced delays Thursday after someone “intentionally” cut fiber optic cables providing internet to the airport, according to a spokesman with the Sacramento County Department of Airports. An airline notified airport officials that internet service was interrupted just before 1:20 a.m., said Scott Johnston, spokesman for SMF. The wires were sliced …
Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to fight the bugs coming from her drain in Florida’s summer heat. She hunts for grocery deals on her Publix app so that her food stamps stretch just a …
Greenlight Networks has begun a $6.5 million expansion project that will see the Rochester-based company extend internet service to 6,700 Rotterdam homes beginning this summer, the company announced on Tuesday. “Rotterdam neighbors may have already seen our Greenlight trucks on their streets, which is a sign that construction is underway, and our service is coming …
Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you’ll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. While 91% of California households have internet service, an estimated 3.5 million people remain disconnected, according to new findings released Thursday. …