WiNet - Engineered by Eastern Time Inc.

A pair of U.S. senators introduced new legislation designed to speed broadband rollouts by leveraging the country’s existing electrical grid. Though the bill’s chances of becoming law are unclear, its arrival comes as rural electric cooperatives increasingly get into the broadband game.....

Senators want to tap U.S. electric grid for broadband rollouts A pair of U.S. senators introduced new legislation designed to speed broadband rollouts by leveraging the country’s existing electrical grid. | The bill calls for the NTIA to dish out grants to facilitate the construction or expansion of middle mile fiber infrastructure along electrical grid lines...

The agency will make it more attractive for national carriers to share their wireless spectrum with small rural and tribal-owned service providers.....

FCC Creates Incentive Program to Close Digital Divide on Tribal Lands The agency will make it more attractive for national carriers to share their wireless spectrum with small rural and tribal-owned service providers.