A faster, sharper iPad expected to be released today
Today is a big day for Apple fans across the globe: the day when the tech giant holds a noon event in San Francisco to do … well, something. Though Apple has remained tight-lipped, as usual, on the purpose of the event, the techies around the...
DATE: March 07, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
State benefits while pols feud
The principle that the greater good is best achieved when all parties set aside petty differences and personal agendas often is, in real life, overrated. Louisiana government, for instance, has been getting along quite well for years without its top...
DATE: November 29, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Pointe Coupee forms coalition to get high-speed Internet
A coalition of Pointe Coupee high schools, the chamber of commerce, Capital Area Technical College–Jumonville Campus and the LSU AgCenter is applying for a grant to bring broadband Internet service to the parish, an effort the coalition hopes...
DATE: September 26, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Broadband services approach advertised speeds
New government data shows that the nation's major broadband providers deliver Internet connections that are generally 80% to 90% of maximum advertised speeds. The data was released today by the Federal Communications Commission and constitutes...
DATE: August 02, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Vitter endorses Jindal ... Audit says unused government phones cost La. $591,000... Federer bounced from Wimbledon
Senator's move in contrast with governor's actions: U.S. Sen. David Vitter is supporting Gov. Bobby Jindal's reelection bid, a sharp contrast to Jindal's refusal to publicly back the scandal-plagued Vitter a year ago in his Senate...
DATE: June 29, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Rural areas still lag in broadband access
(From The Wall Street Journal) Most Americans have access to basic Internet service, but significant gaps remain for those who want faster speeds, according to a new federal map of the nation's broadband services. (Registration...
DATE: February 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: News
Obama promotes plans for wireless expansion
President Barack Obama wants nearly all Americans to have access to speedy wireless services.
DATE: February 10, 2011 | CATEGORY: Public Sector
Super Wi-Fi coming soon
A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets next year, now that the Federal Communications Commission has worked out the last details of new spectrum rules that have been long in the making.
DATE: October 01, 2010 | CATEGORY: News
State gets millions to bring broadband to rural areas
Louisiana will receive more than $36 million in Department of Agriculture Recovery Act funding to expand broadband infrastructure in underserved and unserved areas of Louisiana.
DATE: September 15, 2010 | CATEGORY: Public Sector
Lafayette presses for broadband in D.C.
(From The (Lafayette) Daily Advertiser) Lafayette officials urged members of the U.S. Senate small business committee to take the "shackles" off local governments so they can offer much-needed broadband service, particularly in areas where...
DATE: April 28, 2010 | CATEGORY: Public Sector
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