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Freshly elected as UK’s next PM, Boris Johnson pledges full fiber broadband bonanza

Crunch 23 Jul 2019

Albeit how any such public spending bonanza will be funded is anyone’s guess at this stage ... It’s anyone’s guess how much more public money will be needed to accelerate the whole broadband project to meet a universal access goal almost a decade quicker, per Johnson’s plan....

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Reliance AGM 2019: JioGigaFiber, GigaTV could launch on August 12; here is all you need ...

BGR 23 Jul 2019

At AGM 2018, Reliance Jio forayed in the home TV and broadband sector with JioGigiFiber. Since then, it has been running a number of trials with free public beta and preview offers. According to rumors, Reliance JioGigaFiber will offer cheap wired line internet, just like it did with the telecom sector ... Reliance JioGigaFiber launch date (expected) ... ....

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Incoming UK PM Johnson’s stance on Iran, Trump, Huawei and the economy

Indian Express 23 Jul 2019

Johnson has vowed to spend billions of pounds on public services, infrastructure and tax cuts including promises to increase spending on education, transport, superfast broadband and police and end a public sector pay freeze....

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Jio GigaFiber, GigaTV could launch on August 12: Here's what we can expect about pricing and other features

Yahoo Daily News 22 Jul 2019

Almost a year ago, Reliance announced its foray into the broadband and DTH TV sectors in India with Jio GigaFiber and since then, the service has been in a kind of free public beta in various cities under the Preview offer ... Here are some of the newbies that we can expect Reliance to announce regarding the broadband and TV service.Reliance 42nd AGM....

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Want to Meet With the Trump Administration? Donald Trump Jr.’s Hunting Buddy Can Help

ProPublica 22 Jul 2019

Over the past two years, the Trump administration has been grappling with how to handle the transition to the next generation of mobile broadband technology ... I’m sick of you.” — surfaced publicly ... What’s he getting out of it? What are his friends getting out of it? And is the government processing it in a way that ensures the public benefits?”....

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Conall Mac Coille: 'No-deal Brexit sabre rattling drives sterling to two-year low'

Irish Independent 21 Jul 2019

This month's SES set out that there is room for €2.8bn of spending rises and tax rises in October, but with €2.1bn already pre-committed to infrastructural spending, public sector pay, demographic pressures, the National Broadband Plan and cost overruns on the National Children's Hospital....

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Small town, independent and municipally owned ISPs offer America's best connectivity

Boing Boing 19 Jul 2019

A study last year out of Harvard showed that community-run ISPs tend to offer faster, cheaper broadband and superior customer service to private ISPs ... These laws also frequently restrict a local town or city’s ability to strike public private partnerships, even if locals have voted for the option....

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Peter McVerry: Rebuilding Ireland is an abject failure

The Irish Times 19 Jul 2019

We currently transfer €2.3 million a day of taxpayers’ money to private landlords to meet social housing need, the equivalent of building 10 publicly owned houses every day ... We need to value investment in public housing - to see it as just as important to society as investment in public transport or broadband....

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Builder of children’s hospital slates ‘uncontrollable risks’

The Irish Times 19 Jul 2019

Bam was involved in a number of PPPs amounting to about 600 kilometres of motorway which it would typically manage for 25 years ... But, he said, “if you look at the national children’s hospital, the broadband project and now the Dunkettle interchange [in Cork], all have highlighted issues with the public procurement process.” ... ‘Trickle down’ ...  . ....

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Gov. Wolf cites broadband gaps in push for Restore PA plan despite continued opposition to ...

The Bradford Era 18 Jul 2019

Wolf cites broadband gaps in push for Restore PA plan despite continued opposition to severance tax ... During an April 2018 Center for Rural Pennsylvania informational hearing, Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati had mused that a series of public-private partnerships might be the best way to address gaps in broadband access....

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Three Big Lessons From One Small Town

The Atlantic 18 Jul 2019

(This naturally leads to questions about whether a comparable “opioid settlement” might have similar transformative effects.) Third, it shows the importance of public investment in infrastructure, specifically in broadband capacity ... on public health ... 3) Investment in Broadband....

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Online interactive arts map will help search for local artists and resources

Mesabi Daily News 18 Jul 2019

Thanks to broadband technology and an arts and tourism partnership, there will soon be a creative new way to search for artists and public art in the region ... The project would not be possible without IRTB’s successful bid to become a Blandin Broadband Community, Pierce said....

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Bescom gets Rs 25 lakh shock for ruining new road

The Times of India 18 Jul 2019

a road is freshly laid with considerable effort and public ... Public utilities, government agencies, and private firms (telecom or broadband companies) have all chipped away at Bengaluru’s road network, which, in its current length, is already struggling to cope with congestion....