Tag: rural 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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Big telcos got federal millions for internet upgrades. They want more from the state.
Local companies and co-ops have done more for rural broadband expansion in Wisconsin, experts say
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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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Help on the way for rural Wisconsinites struggling with lousy internet? Maybe.
Governor asks legislature for $200 million for broadband expansion and aid; feds sending billions in help at some point