Community Broadband Media Roundup- September 25

California

Santa Clarita Begins Broadband Internet Feasibility Study by SCV News

Riverside County Lays Out Case For Countywide Affordable Broadband Project by News Desk, Banning Patch

Riverside County Chief Data Officer Tom Mullen announced the release of three new resource pages explaining the value of affordable, gigabit, high-speed, broadband internet service for businesses, residents and those who lack reliable internet access in the tenth most populous county in the U.S.

Rural Broadband Bill on Governor's Desk by Special to the Enterprise, Davis Enterprise

Bill to devote $330 million to rural broadband heads to governor’s desk by Lake County News

Colorado

The Wait for Broadband Service Could Get Even Longer by Niki Turner, Herald Times

Is Broadband Access Around the Corner? By Regan Tuttle, Telluride News

Ohio

Johnson speaks about Broadband Expansion by Janell Hunter, The Times Leader

Texas

Dallas Fed: A Robust Fiber-Optic Network is Possible for RGV by Steve Taylor, Rio Grande Guardian

“I was talking to them about basic infrastructure, and they were talking to me about not having broadband coverage, of their kids not being able to do their homework at home, of having to get a tia to take the kids back to school at night so they could be outside using the Wi-Fi,” Barton said.

Virginia

Editorial: Broadband is Key to Henry County’s Future by Bulletin Editorial Board, Martinsville Bulletin

General

Verizon Abandoning 8500 Rural Customers is Proof the Wireless is not Broadband by Kaleigh Rogers, Motherboard

Over the past few weeks, Verizon has been breaking up with thousands of customers in rural America. It's a move that's left many people without any options for cell phone and internet use, and one that highlights the fact that wireless is not a substitute for wired broadband—despite what the Federal Communications Commission wants you to believe.

Verizon is booting 8500 Rural Customers Over Data Use, Including Come ‘Unlimited’ Plans by Tom McKay, Gizmodo

ISP Cuts off Rural Customers in 13 States by Mark Jones, Komando.com

A Key Barrier for Amazon Suitors: Broadband Availability by Jon Talton, The Seattle Times

Time to get all of Rural America up to Speed with Broadband by Zippy Duvall, Farm Bureau News

We depend on safe and reliable infrastructure to get our products to market. But in today’s fast-paced global economy, high-speed internet has become just as critical a pathway to customers near and far. That’s why Farm Bureau is urging the administration to address rural America’s broadband needs as it develops its infrastructure improvement plan.

Rural broadband seen as a necessity to rural economic growth by Carol Spaeth-Bauer, The Wisconsin State Farmer

4 Recommendations for Closing Broadband Equity Gap by Joshua Bolkan, The Journal

Electric Cooperatives stepping in to fill the Rural Broadband Gap by Co Bank, Cision

Broadband telecommunications and internet access have become essential infrastructure for any community's future prosperity. However, today, people living in rural communities are four times more likely to lack access to broadband than those in urban communities.

While many remain without access to broadband today, rural electric cooperatives, some of which were formed nearly 80 years ago to bring electricity to rural America, are increasingly making the move into broadband to fill the supply gap.

Your Internet isn’t getting any Faster but the Government Might Soon Call it High Speed Anyway by Brian Fung, The Washington Post