Wifi Coverage

Amazon devices now linking up your Wi-Fi with your neighbors'. Here's how to opt out
Amazon's reach just got a little wider Tuesday with the launch of its Sidewalk service that borrows bandwidth from customers to create a larger community network.

5 On Your Side reveals ways to fight Wi-Fi dead zones
To anyone stuck at home with a spotty internet connection or dead zones, Wi-Fi range extenders sound like an easy and affordable solution.

Wi-Fi extenders can help stop spotty internet
When Consumer Reports tested extenders, two stood out: The Netgear Nighthawk EX7000 Wi-Fi Extender, which costs $90 to $140, and the TP-Link RE220 Wi-Fi Extender for $30.

In Edgecombe County, students live in a "digital darkness"
In Edgecombe County, 1,000 out of 6,000 kids don't have access to high speed internet services. Longtime county manager Eric Evans refers to it as a "digital darkness."

Comcast: Home internet data cap coming for several states
In 2021, Comcast intends to charge northeastern U.S. customers if they go over 1.2TB of data per month.

Faster, safer WiFi is coming, say Google and CommScope
CommScope, a global technology network company, is partnering with Google to help bring what the companies say is fast and secure WiFi to public areas such as malls and grocery stores while limiting cellular dead zones.

Cumberland County students connect to WiFi using bus hotspots
Students in Fayetteville connect to WiFi using hotspot from buses parked outside their home.

Unblock your Wi-Fi signal
Frustrated with Wi-Fi woes? 5 On Your Side says it might be time for a tuneup.

5 On Your Side reveals what's blocking your Wi-Fi signal
Frustrated with Wi-Fi woes, 5 On Your Side says it might be time for a tuneup.

CBC OPINION
TOM WILLIAMS: Broadband access, an essential public education utility for every student
April 27, 2020 -- North Carolina should rightfully be proud to be recognized as a leader in the southeast, as well as across the nation, for investing in an effective broadband strategy and the essential role it plays in the economic, educational, workforce development, cultural, and civic engagement for a better post COVID-19 North Carolina. Our progress is to be applauded. However, let's commit as a state to work together in achieving a common goal to assure that the broadband access and availability gap is not just reduced, but eliminated in the near future.

Working from home? Here's how to boost your wifi
If your home has connectivity dead spots, a mesh system helps boost your signal. Plus, here are some other tips.

Working from home? Here's how to boost your wifi
The COVID-19 office exodus could be causing a major internet slow-down. It may be time for an upgrade.

Working, learning from home could mean it's time for a wifi upgrade
The coronavirus exodus could be causing an internet slow down. Boosting your wifi can help.

No GPS inside? NCSU researchers create technique for better indoor navigation
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for measuring speed and distance in indoor environments, which could be used to improve navigation technologies for robots, drones – or pedestrians trying to find their way around an airport.

Protect your data: What parents need to know about WiFi-connected toys
Experts say parents of teenagers, elementary school children and even teenagers need to be cautious when it comes to WiFi-connected toys.

Residents hold summit to revitalize rural parts of Franklin County
Despite an ever-growing population, North Carolina is still a largely rural state where many communities have no high-speed internet.

Some in NC will get big boost in connectivity
Mobile 5G technology is coming to Raleigh and Charlotte on Friday.