Tag: broadband
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Musk’s satellite internet company contests Wisconsin’s rural installation plans
The Trump Administration is pushing states to put more federal funding into slower, but cheaper-to-install, satellite internet. Critics fear a giveaway to the companies of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
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Verizon is purchasing Frontier. How will that affect customers in Wisconsin?
The troubled internet and phone company has more than 130,000 customers in Wisconsin, many of them rural.
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Following investigation, Frontier agrees to $15 mil in internet upgrades in Wisconsin
The telecommunications giant has received more than $215 million in federal funding for internet projects across the state since 2015.
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State announces current round of internet expansion grants; big carriers get little to nothing
Frontier, Charter and TDS had asked for tens of millions in funding.
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Sued by Wis DOJ and bankrupt, Frontier asks state for $35 million in grants
The phone and internet company has already received more than $180 million from the federal government to improve service in the state
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As semester ends in Wisconsin, COVID-19 fears shrink — while concerns of academic slide grow – Part 3 of 3
Schools are not the superspreader sites that many feared, but research indicates U.S. students fell behind in math during the pandemic
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Wisconsin schools ‘whipsawing’ as COVID-19 hits rural districts – Part 2 of 3
As infections in the state surge, some rural schools are forced to suspend in-person instruction or integrate virtual students into classrooms
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Wisconsin’s rural students face a digital divide as some return to screens instead of school – Part 1 of 3
Schools in Wisconsin have spent millions of dollars on hotspots to help students with poor internet service learn online as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on
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Got Lousy Internet, Wisconsinite? Here’s A Big Idea To Improve It.
If you want faster internet at your home sooner rather than later, you can get involved. Here’s how.
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Frontier declares bankruptcy
Frontier Communications, the national phone and internet company that serves tens of thousands of people in Wisconsin, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on April 14.
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‘Tar and feather all the executives’: Frontier’s home state opens investigation into its business practices
Telecommunications company serves hundreds of thousands in Wisconsin, many in rural areas