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June 2022

Wisconsin Public Service Commission Awards $125 Million in Broadband Funding

The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin awarded $124,967,392 in funding for 71 projects in the state’s Broadband Expansion Grant Program. The projects, which are aimed at areas that are unserved or underserved, will bring broadband to more than 82,912 residences and 4,566 businesses in 45 counties. The projects will be supplemented by $185,780,074 in matching funds from recipients. In November 2021, Gov Tony Evers (D-WS) and PSC Chairperson Rebecca Cameron Valcq announced $100 million in broadband expansion grant funding.

AT&T prevails in ad spat over Charter internet reliability claims

AT&T won its latest battle with Charter Communications over marketing claims, with the National Advertising Division (NAD) recommending the latter discontinue advertisements which call into question the reliability of AT&T’s internet service. The ruling followed AT&T’s challenge of a Charter ad for its Spectrum service. The commercial in question claimed Spectrum won against “telephone internet companies” in terms of providing reliable and glitch-free internet service.

US and Spain Committed to Reducing the Digital Divide

Pedro Sánchez Pérez Castejón, the President of the Government of Spain, and President Joseph Biden, on the occasion of President Biden’s visit to Spain on June 28-30, 2022, reached a number of understandings including boosting digital, scientific, and technological cooperation. The United States and Spain defend a digital transformation based on a shared respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and democratic values, on reducing the digital divide, on preventing and addressing the disproportionate effects of online forms of violence and abuse on women, children, and other marginali

Here’s How Fast Starlink Has Gotten Over the Past Year

It’s been a year since Ookla first examined SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, which launched its public beta in November 2020.

The Fastest Internet Service Providers of 2022

Annually, PC Magazine collects the data from a year’s worth of tests and crunch the numbers to see which internet service providers (ISPs) provide the throughput required to be called the fastest. With that data we can also see which cities, states, and countries have the fastest internet. Welcome to PC Magazine's national and regional results for 2022. The winners for 2022: Sonic and Verizon Fios. Sonic is no stranger to our winner's circle, having been here in 2019.

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