Communities that consider investing in broadband through municipal networks, public-private partnerships or subsidies to private providers struggle to estimate the returns on their proposed investments. Estimating the investments is not difficult – at least no more difficult than for a…
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Marquette, Mich. – At Northern Michigan University, Merit Network and the Michigan Defense Center unveiled the latest addition to the Michigan Cyber Range. The NMU Cyber Hub grand opening included a tour of the new cyber range and a…
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NTIA announced on February 12 that it was partnering with eight geographically diverse states to update the United States broadband map: “The eight states – California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia – will contribute data…
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Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) is introducing legislation to make changes to the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program to reimburse school districts who put WiFi on school buses. The E-rate program is the FCC's program to help schools and libraries obtain…
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NTIA released its American Broadband Initiatives milestone report in February which focuses on strategies for spurring wireless and wireline broadband deployment on federal lands. A March 20th, 2019 webinar discussed the American Broadband Initiatives milestone report linked above. The archive…
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Senator Murray (D-WA) introduced the “Digital Equity Act of 2019” to help close the digital divide by improving digital inclusion among groups that have historically lacked broadband access. The bill would enable these communities to access the technologies and digital…
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School Districts Chosen to Pilot Michigan Moonshot Data Collection Project ANN ARBOR, MI. April 24, 2019 – Three school districts, representing more than 6,000 students, have been chosen as pilots for the Michigan Moonshot broadband data collection project, which is…
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Annual Tournament Supports Hospitalized Kids Merit Network is pleased once again to have provided reliable, high-speed internet to the Gamers Outreach 2019 Gamers for Giving program that was hosted on March 23rd and 24th at the main arena of the…
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Troy, Michigan - The Michigan National Guard and the Michigan Cyber Range hosted an International Cyber Exercise on March 5 2019 as part of the National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter’s Cyber Summit, in Troy, Michigan. A total of 16…
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