Tag: Internet
Mediacom expanding Gigabit broadband access to more underserved homes, businesses
Mediacom Communications has announced that its fiber optic network was recently extended to serve three underserved Iowa communities. As a result, residents and businesses...
New investigation: Iowans’ access to broadband overreported
More than 387,000 Iowans do not have access to broadband internet, 205 percent higher than government estimates, according to a new investigation by BroadbandNow.
According...
High fiber: Enseva bringing Hiawatha firms top data speeds
A contractor installs fiber optic cable for Enseva that will cross under I-380 to the west side of Hiawatha. PHOTO ENSEVA
By Dave DeWitte
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Businesses in...
KCTC fiber build-out progresses in Washington
Flags mark the location of a new fiber line in Washington, where Kalona Cooperative Technology is investing millions to upgrade the city's connections. PHOTO...
Iowa joining the race toward online MBAs
The University of Iowa is set to join Drake, Mount Mercy and others offering full online options.
By Katharine Carlon
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It wasn’t that long ago that...
3 Questions with Alexis Ohanian, Reddit founder
By Dave DeWitte
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He founded the enormously popular website Reddit, married tennis champion Serena Williams, and was proclaimed “Mayor of the Internet” by Forbes –...
Smart grid needs push coop into broadband market
Spools of fiber optic cable stand ready for a network build-out to the 17,000 members of Maquoketa Valley REC beginning this month. PHOTO/MAQUOKETA VALLEY...
Obama stumps for expanded broadband
CEDAR FALLS—Touting the success of the high-speed broadband service provided by Cedar Falls Utilities, President Barack Obama introduced his plan to improve Internet quality...
Simplifying Internet service provider selection
Repeat Internet entrepreneur launches Bandwidth Pool
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS—Sitting in an entrepreneurial conference in 2011, Ben Anderson scrawled “Bandwidth Pool?” on a piece of paper. In...