Montana Internet celebrates fiber internet project

Montana Internet celebrates fiber internet project

Montana Internet, Helena’s first internet service provider, said it is now the first to offer fiber internet to several underserved areas across Lewis and Clark County. The company has an initiative to connect hundreds of homes and businesses in Helena Valley Northeast along Lincoln Road between I-15 and the Causeway. At the end of last …

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OUTSIDE VIEW: Texans are in desperate need of expiring federal internet subsidy | Opinion

OUTSIDE VIEW: Texans are in desperate need of expiring federal internet subsidy | Opinion

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Internet pioneer Dan Lynch dies in St. Helena at 82

Internet pioneer Dan Lynch dies in St. Helena at 82

ST. HELENA — Dan Lynch, an early internet pioneer who helped develop and popularize the language computers use to communicate, died March 30 at his St. Helena home at age 82. In the 1970s Lynch helped develop TCP/IP protocols, in conjunction with Bolt, Beranek and Newman, while working at Stanford Research Institute International. Lynch was manager …

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New cable internet company in Missoula

New cable internet company in Missoula

Tava Smathers, an adjunct instructor at the University of Montana, teaches future school librarians via an online platform. For her job, high-speed, reliable internet service is crucial. So she was ecstatic on Monday morning to be the first customer of TDS Telecom in Missoula. The company will be installing fiber-optic internet in Missoula and Lolo, …

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Nebraska ‘in a good position’ to deliver internet for all

Nebraska ‘in a good position’ to deliver internet for all

Nebraska is “in a good position” funding-wise to deliver broadband internet to the state’s unserved and underserved areas, opening opportunities in telehealth and precision agriculture, a federal official said last week. Brendan Carr, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, spoke after attending a roundtable meeting on Tuesday hosted by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., …

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Bids open for companies to provide broadband internet to remaining homes in Burke

Bids open for companies to provide broadband internet to remaining homes in Burke

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Efforts are continuing to bring high-speed internet access to communities across North Carolina, including Burke County, according to the state. Burke County officials have said that 100% of homes and businesses in the county should have access to broadband internet by the end of 2026. The N.C. Department of Information …

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Phase 2 of broadband internet access moving forward

Phase 2 of broadband internet access moving forward

Communities in the East Central, North East, South Central and Southeast parts of Lee County will receive high-speed broadband coverage in the second phase of the expansion projects. In Monday’s meeting, the Lee County Commission voted to move forward with the next phase of the Lee County Broadband Expansion Grant program. Up to $3.4 million …

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UK set for soaring digital wallet adoption

UK set for soaring digital wallet adoption

The UK is approaching a seismic shift in how people pay, with digital wallets set to comprise half of all e-commerce spend and nearly a third of POS transaction value by 2027, according to a report from Worldpay. While digital wallets first emerged in the late 1990s, the Covid-19 pandemic provided an adoption tipping …

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How the internet accidentally helped print media | Opinion

How the internet accidentally helped print media | Opinion

For all the naysayers who believe print media remains as relevant as payphones, Sony Walkmans and paper maps, I offer two recent examples of mainstream media remaining a pillar in the community. No. 1: A special youth soccer program was being promoted for the first time and even with tons of Facebook blasts and social …

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How the Internet helps print media | Opinion

How the Internet helps print media | Opinion

For all the naysayers who believe print media remains as relevant as payphones, Sony Walkmans and paper maps, I offer two recent examples of mainstream media remaining a pillar in the community. No. 1: A special youth soccer program was being promoted for the first time and even with tons of Facebook blasts and social …

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