Broadband Coverage

Google moves to guarantee high speed internet reliability for SMBs
Google Fiber will guarantee uptime and service to its business customers under a newly announced policy. Here's how it works.

NC to receive at least $100 million to improve high-speed internet access
Some $45 billion of funding under the infrastructure law will be allotted nationwide to improve access to high-speed internet. North Carolina is due to receive at least $100 million of that funding.

Gov. Cooper expected to make announcement on broadband internet access
Dozens of officers and deputies were at a home in Zebulon early Friday morning investigating a homicide after one man was killed in a shooting. A family friend said that a 40-year-old man was shot in the head behind his home after being robbed in his friend's yard.

Federal government to give NC at least $100 million to invest in internet
Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to announce a broadband deal that could be a game changer for many North Carolina residents and businesses.

20 internet providers – several with coverage in NC – to offer discounted service
The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.

Net neutrality prevails: Telecommunications firms end bid to block California bill
Telecommunications industry groups on Wednesday ended their bid to block California's net neutrality law that bars broadband providers from throttling service.

Orange County to expand broadband with $10M in fed funds, partnership with NorthState
A public-private partnership will expand broadband access in Orange County. $10 million in federal funds will be used, and NorthState will invest as well.

Google Fiber opens services kiosk at Crabtree Valley Mall
Google Fiber's growing services footprint across the Triangle now includes a kiosk at Crabtree Valley Mall. Here's what's going on.

After launching Fayetteville broadband network, Metronet begins construction in Hickory
Metronet has begun construction of a fiber optic network that will provide access to high speed gigabit internet to residents in Hickory, North Carolina.

Gigabit internet now available in Fayetteville, buildout continues
The broadband internet service provider Metronet today opened its gigabit network in Fayetteville. Within two years, the surrounding area will gain access.

Google Fiber doubles speed of business service offering to 2G
Google Fiber is increasing the speed of broadband to business customers to 2 gigabits - double the previously available offering - for the same price as 1G.

Broadband provider Brightspeed picks Charlotte HQ location, to create 100+ jobs
Brightspeed, a provider of broadband services built around communications provider Lumen, will build its headquarters in Charlotte and create more than 100 jobs as it expands staff to manage a networtk stretching across some 20 states.

Eastern NC getting more broadband: Provider lands $30M grant for expansion
A broadband internet provider, InfinityLink Communications, will expand in Eastern North Carolina, thanks in part to a nearly $30 million federal grant.

CommScope delays spinoff of new company; financials top Street expectations
Broadband infrastructure provider CommScope (COMM) delivered quartertly revenue and earnings expected by Wall Street analysts in its latest financials announced Thursday morning. But the company will not be spinning off a subsidiary as planned, its CEO disclosed.

Solar woes: SpaceX will lose up to 40 satellites due to geomagnetic storm
Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing: The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. Here is what’s happening.

$350 million in grants available to expand rural internet access across NC
Internet Service Providers encouraged to apply for Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology  (GREAT) Grants by April 4.  Here are the details.

What's faster internet service mean to us? 'It will be a lot of fun,' metaverse here we come
What's the meaning of 5 gigabit internet? Tom Snyder, executive director of RIOT - the Regional Internet of Things organization and a recognized thought leader on all things internet, offers his insight.

Want super fast 5G wireless? Here's how to access AT&T, Verizon networks
AT&T and Verizon have turned on C-band 5G networks, which are an important set of higher radio frequencies. These networks will supercharge the internet as we know it, allowing users to, for example, stream a Netflix movie in 4K resolution or download a movie in seconds. But how to access them?

AT&T rolls out fastest broadband service – doubling Google Fiber’s top speed
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – There’s a new internet speed leader in the Triangle: AT&T. Offering speeds via fiber at up […]