New federal programs and resources through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provide an unprecedented opportunity to build on the existing infrastructure and expertise of our nation’s libraries to inform state digital equity plans and accelerate broadband adoption and skills building for all nationwide. Libraries provide:
According to Comcast's 3rd quarter 2022 report results, Comcast delivered solid growth in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and adjusted earnings per share (EPS), generated significant free cash flow, invested in the businesses’ future, and returned a record amount of capital to our shareholders. In cable, the company grew adjusted EBITDA by more than 5% and achieved its highest adjusted EBITDA margin on record despite a challenging competitive environment. Additionally, Comcast experienced the following highlights in broadband:
Scientists from universities in Sweden and Denmark transmitted nearly double an internet’s worth of data through a fiber optic cable in one second using a laser-powered chip — a world record. The chip achieved dizzying speeds by using a single laser and a specialized light-creating device to transmit data over fiber optic cables. The number of data researchers sent, roughly 1.84 petabytes, far exceeds the roughly 1 petabyte of data transmitted over the entire internet every second (A petabyte of data is roughly a million gigabytes).
The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) was established by Act 71 (2021), legislation relating to accelerated community broadband deployment, to coordinate, facilitate, support, and accelerate the development and implementation of universal community broadband solutions. The board develops policies and programs to accelerate community efforts that advance the state’s goal of achieving universal access to reliable, high-quality, affordable, fixed broadband achieving speeds of at least 100 Mbps symmetrical. On October 26, the U.S.
The Federal Communications Commission rejected dozens of requests from broadband providers to keep confidential the method that the providers use to identify broadband coverage areas. This was prompted by the FCC requiring each provider to explain to the agency how it determined broadband coverage areas in the latest round of gathering data for the FCC broadband maps.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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