2016

The city is and has been the crucible of civilization; the center of commerce, and in this new age of technology, can and must be the incubator of creativity; the place where people and cultures and ideas wash against one another producing the inventions and innovations the world needs and wants, and the finance and

Google Fiber is perhaps the most high-profile private-sector provider of high-speed broadband Internet, and when it moves into a new metropolitan area or signals interest in a particular locality or urbanized region for expansion, it attracts a lot of attention…

The best way to expand Internet access in Seattle is through public-private partnerships, Mayor Ed Murray said at a regional broadband conference Monday. The mayor reiterated the position he formed after a city-commissioned study released last summer showed it would cost between $480 million and $665 million to build out a municipal-broadband network across the

San Francisco is eyeing an ambitious — and expensive — plan to bring lightning-fast Internet access to every residence and business in the city through a fiber-optic network. “In today’s world, access to the Internet should be viewed as a utility, on par with water and power,” said Supervisor Mark Farrell, who asked the city’s

Amid the excitement about whether Louisville could become a so-called “Google Fiber” city remains the question about whether the gigabit Internet service would have much impact on the poorest, least-connected parts of town. The gap between the digital haves and have-nots is often referred to as a “digital divide…

This week, the work to connect all Americans received two boosts, including the announcement of the Obama Administration initiative to help further its commitment to ending the digital divide and changes to a current program that could help low-income Americans subsidize the cost of home Internet access…