Sentences with phrase «expand access to broadband»

In addition, the Recovery Act included significant funding for scientific research and technology and to expand access to broadband, particularly in rural communities.

This proposal runs contrary to the state's efforts to expand access to broadband, and singles out a single industry, and its customers, for increased funding for transportation infrastructure.

«While Nate McMurray was busy at his Grand Island Town Hall Campaign Headquarters currying favor with the Democrat establishment and figuring out how to sell the Cuomo / Pelosi agenda to NY - 27 voters, Chris Collins was spending his time delivering historic tax cuts for working families in his district, expanding access to broadband in rural communities, defending our Lake Ontario Shoreline and protecting our Second Amendment rights,» Piligra said.

Assemblymember Amy Paulin, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions said, «Expanding access to broadband has been a top priority of this administration since day one and I applaud the Governor's efforts in bringing this transformative program to fruition.

He said the district also must work to attract small businesses by expanding access to broadband internet through infrastructure investment and cut bureaucratic red tape that impedes economic growth.

Not exact matches

The matter is particularly important for startups that depend on unfettered access to broadband capacity to offer their products and services, but don't necessarily have the deep pockets to pay for expanded services, as more established competitors do.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

Communications company Tombigbee has received a $ 3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access across rural northwest Alabama.

The conference's timing was critical: As universal broadband access expands, industry and Internet users alike must adapt to meet new needs, especially those of developing countries.

Given this, we adopt an approach that is designed to place America at the forefront of broadband offerings and ensure that all Americans, wherever they live, have access to the extensive and ever - expanding offerings available today or on the near horizon.

During a Wednesday visit to Buffalo, he promised that the expanded broadband service will be available in all corners of the state, many of which currently have limited or no access.

As a result of the Program's Round I awards and additional state - secured upgrades, broadband access was expanded by more than 2.2 million locations, to 97 percent of New Yorkers.

As part of his plan for allocating $ 5.4 billion in one - shot windfall funds, Governor Cuomo wants to spend $ 500 million to expand the availability and capacity of broadband Internet access across New York.

A New Scotland lawyer has gone to court in an effort to halt the review of bids in a $ 500 million program created by the Cuomo Administration to expand broadband access across the state.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

In addition to referencing his military career, efforts to expand broadband Internet access and work on the Farm Bill, Gibson's ad focuses heavily on constituent services.

A New Scotland lawyer has gone to court in an effort to halt the review of bids in a $ 500 million program created by the Cuomo administration to expand broadband access across the state, saying the guidelines that Empire State Development is using to award the competitive bids are «arbitrary and capricious.»

Wiley, who has focused much of her time in office on expanding broadband access across the city, listed the mayor's top agenda items, including universal pre-Kindergarten, in a speech that also served to introduce her to the legal community, Berke added.

Its goal is to make sure residents in the underserved urban and rural parts of the state can access the internet at 25 Mbps and eventually expand that to 100 Mbps by providing state matching grants to broadband service providers.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

The fourth conference continued a push to expand broadband internet access, and economic opportunity, in the Adirondacks.

He also signaled he'll unveil proposals to boost the state's minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in staggered steps over about six years, address homelessness in New York City, double the money earmarked for environmental protection projects and expand broadband access to the Internet.

A conversation with the Times Union last month about expanding broadband access — a key plank in Teachout's platform — wound its way to telecommunications giants lobbying to control the market.

With a state investment of $ 500 million in capital funds from bank settlements the program will incentivize the private sector to expand high speed broadband access to under - served New Yorkers.

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

Expand broadband access to schools lacking it and give students broadband connectivity outside of the school building.

SETDA's members share an unwavering commitment to expanding broadband access to unserved and under - served schools and communities, because they recognize broadband's power to promote educational equity.

Obama has pledged three million new jobs with his stimulus plan, which also includes tax cuts, investment in computerizing medical records, modernizing schools and universities, repairing roads and bridges and expanding broadband access to rural towns.

These funds are used to develop grants that provide assistance to rural communities for supporting: low - carbon innovation and entrepreneurship, increased affordable transportation options, encouraging telecommuting through expanded broadband access.

However, Wheeler expanded the program with the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order which enabled those households to purchase broadband access as well.

In February 2008, HUAWEI expanded its mobile broadband market share with the launch of the E510, the world's first terminal to support mobile TV services, and the D100, a device that incorporates wireless Internet access and router services.

Companies such as Google already have taken steps to expand broadband competition and access to low - income communities.

Survey of over 800 practitioners shows the vast majority of early education teachers are confident technology users; expanding broadband quality and access to devices seen as opportunities