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Access to high-speed internet lags in rural areas of state
2015-03-28 01:30:57| Telecom - Topix.net
Nevada has one of the highest rates of access to high-speed internet for people in urban parts of the state, but access drops substantially for residents in rural areas. Data released last month by the Federal Communications Commission shows that only 3 percent of the 2.7 million people who live in urban parts of Nevada have no access to high-speed Internet service.
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Free WiFi internet access across PH to rollout in July
2015-03-17 08:16:10| Wireless - Topix.net
The Department of Science and Technology is planning to rollout its free public WiFi internet access project across the Philippines beginning July of this year.
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Progress in big fight for internet access in schools
2015-01-19 05:15:14| Wireless - Topix.net
Evan Marwell sensed a problem in 2011 when he suggested that his daughter's seventh-grade teacher use a popular online education course in class, and she replied, "It doesn't work." It worked fine, actually.
Musks next mission: Blanketing the world with cheap internet access, via 700 low-orbit satellites
2014-11-11 17:14:55| Extremetech
Elon Musk, capitalizing on SpaceX's unique ability to cheaply launch stuff into space, has announced that he's working on deploying a constellation of some 700 satellites, for the purpose of bringing "very low cost" internet access to everyone on Earth. Satellite internet access could be very useful in rural parts of North America and Europe, but it's the under-connected parts of the world (Asia, Africa, South America) that will be of more interest to Musk, both financially and ideologically.
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AT&T ends plan to offer wireless Internet access on planes
2014-11-10 21:47:32| Wireless - Topix.net
AT&T Inc., the second-biggest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, is scrapping its plans to introduce 4G LTE wireless Internet access on commercial flights to conserve cash as it expands internationally. AT&T had said in April that it would work to build a land- to-air high-speed network to serve airlines with in-flight Wi-Fi Internet access.
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