The federal government wants to bring fiber connections to every home. In the meantime, some areas will still rely on the library. Over the coming days, we’ll explore how $42 billion of that spending ...

Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in new spending through the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In our series “Breaking Ground,” ...

The Federal Communications Commission says its much anticipated national broadband plan, which will be unveiled Tuesday, will help make Internet access faster, cheaper and more pervasive. To help ...

Recently announced changes to a landmark $42 billion federal broadband infrastructure program have created uncertainty and concern about increased costs and reliability for rural Arkansans who are ...

A student in Stamford, Conn., takes part in distance learning with the help of her mother. A federal program meant to expand broadband access to households is falling behind schedule, state officials ...

For more than a decade, policymakers and community leaders have observed a so-called “digital divide,” with Internet adoption by communities of color lagging the broader population. In December 2009, ...

The U.S. has spent decades and billions of dollars to achieve universal broadband access. Today, we’ve completed the last steps toward that, thanks to advances in satellite networks and fixed wireless ...

The net-neutrality ruling will affect the plan, which is intended to expand broadband access in the nation, and the FCC is trying to determine just how big a blow it is. Among the recommendations that ...

Feb. 25—A massive federal program meant to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the country is falling behind schedule, state broadband officials and experts say, even as Trump ...