EATON COUNTY – After more than four months of research, the Eaton County Broadband Communication council published a Technology Action Plan that’s focused on how to improve broadband across the county. “The citizen survey provided valuable information needed to locate problem areas to internet access,” said Jeremy Whittum, Chairman, Eaton County Board of Commissioners. “Increased
ANN ARBOR - Dan Irvin explains how his company, 123NET, has partnered with the Detroit Community Technology Project and Grace in Action Collectives to bring high-speed, low-cost internet to an underserved Detroit neighborhood as part of the Equitable Internet Initiative in an undertaking known as Project OVERCOME. The one-year project aims to create long-term sustainable
ALPENA - Gigabit speed internet service will soon be available in Northeastern Michigan from Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op, a multiyear phased fiber-to-the-home network project, providing access to Internet and voice services to 30,000-plus homes and businesses across its northeast Michigan. This includes Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Presque Isle and portions of Alcona, Emmet, Mackinac,
LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Public Service Commission are joining with agencies across the country marking this week as Lifeline Awareness Week, urging eligible Michiganders to take advantage of the Lifeline telephone and broadband discount program. Lifeline is both a state and federal program that provides discounted voice or broadband service to veterans, seniors, and low-income
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP – Merit Network is working with Saginaw Township by asking residents and business to fill out a survey that will demonstrate broadband need for the federal government. In some areas of Saginaw Township, high-speed Internet is not available, expensive, or unreliable. In order to bridge this “digital divide,” Saginaw Township needs to gain
ANN ARBOR - Phil Santer from Ann Arbor SPARK explains the $2.4 million in Federal money awarded to build 20 miles of underground fiber optic cable, connecting downtown Ann Arbor and downtown Ypsilanti with critical broadband infrastructure. For more information, click on http://www.annarborusa.org https://youtu.be/_tgGORh_Scg
CARO – Tuscola County in Michigan’s Thumb Region will receive $14.6 million in federal broadband funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to help deliver 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps broadband service to nearly 9,000 households and businesses in Tuscola County over the next six years. Thumb Electric, Mercury Broadband, CenturyLink and Atlantic Engineering Group
ANN ARBOR - One Gigabit Internet service will soon be available in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula through Highline Internet courtesy Merit Network. Highline will leverage existing open access dark fiber and dark wave optical middle-mile infrastructure from Merit Network. Highline is constructing a 6,000+ mile fiber-to-the-home network that leverages federal investment from the Rural Digital Opportunities
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Debbie Dingell announced $2.4 million in federal funding from the Economic Development Administration to Ann Arbor SPARK to build 20 miles of underground fiber optic cable, connecting downtown Ann Arbor and downtown Ypsilanti with critical broadband infrastructure. The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Corridor Fiber Optic Backbone project, accompanied by $600,000 in local funding,
TROY–Business broadband customer satisfaction remains high even as most businesses are returning to normal in the wake of the pandemic, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Business Wireline Study. The study also reveals that, while email is the preferred communication channel, communicating by phone yields higher satisfaction. “As restrictions ease, business customers continue to
