GWI, Arctaris Impact and FAME Partner to Build Fiber Broadband Networks in 5 Maine Opportunity Zone Communities

GWI, Arctaris Impact and FAME Partner to Build Fiber Broadband Networks in 5 Maine Opportunity Zone Communities

Post Views: 118 Great Works Internet Partners (“GWI”), Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC (“Arctaris”), and the Finance Authority of Maine (“FAME”) announced plans today to build new fiber broadband networks for five communities in Maine, including South Portland, Millinocket, East Millinocket, Medway and Belfast. The projects are made possible through a partnership with FAME, which is…

Verizon wants to use Amazon satellites to bring broadband to rural areas

Verizon wants to use Amazon satellites to bring broadband to rural areas

Post Views: 141 Amazon and Verizon are attempting to get affordable broadband access to rural and remote locations around the globe by looking beyond the Earth’s borders. The companies announced their “strategic collaboration” in a press release Tuesday, which will pair the mobile provider’s existing infrastructure with that of Project Kuiper, Amazon’s proposed constellation of…

The US is making its biggest investment in broadband internet ever

The US is making its biggest investment in broadband internet ever

Post Views: 104 “This is something both sides of the political aisle have talked about for a long time,” says Kevin DeGood, director of infrastructure policy at the Center for American Progress. “This bill is in line with the sort of rough estimates of what it will take to try to bring broadband internet to…