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Equitable digital access key for health care

At the end of May, a critical lifeline for 23 million low-income American households was cut when the American Connectivity Program expired. This $14.2...
INVESTING IN RHODE ISLAND: Cox Communications Inc. New England Market Vice President Ross L. Nelson persuaded the company’s corporate office to commit $125 million to improve fiber infrastructure throughout the Ocean State. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Ross L. Nelson, Cox Communications Inc. New England market vice president

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Ross L. Nelson Cox Communications Inc. New England market vice president ROSS L. NELSON is described by his colleagues and peers...
RHODE ISLAND WILL RECEIVE $108.7 million in federal funds to deploy high-speed internet service to individuals in need. / AP PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA

R.I. to receive $108.7M in federal funds for high-speed internet improvements

PROVIDENCE – The state will be getting a nine-figure boost from the federal government to improve its high-speed internet infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s...

New Shoreham’s wind-powered broadband program to launch next week

NEW SHOREHAM – Block Island’s broadband access has historically been hampered by outdated, slow telecommunications services, town officials say, with some residents unable to access a regular...

Make R.I. part of Biden job growth

Kudos to Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes for reminding two national power brokers of their local and regional roots during...

Beware of a mismanaged cloud

Organizations’ failure to properly manage the servers they lease from cloud service providers can allow attackers to receive private data, research my colleagues and...

On web, ‘critical ignoring’ is crucial

The web is a treacherous place. A website’s author may not be its author. References that confer legitimacy may have little to do with the...
SPANNING THE GAP: Magdalena Andreozzi, founder of Grands Flourish Inc., says many of the grandparents her organization supports lost contact when many group functions switched to online-only after the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Now Andreozzi is using a grant to get those people reconnected. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crisis exposes depths of the ‘digital divide’

When Magdalena Andreozzi moved workshops offered by her nonprofit online during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, she expected some bumps in the transition. After all,...

Facebook, Big Tech no friend of the web

When Facebook disabled Australians’ access to news articles on its platform, and blocked sharing of articles from Australian news organizations, the company moved a...
RHODE ISLAND was found to have the lowest price for internet per Megabyte per second in the country. / COURTESY HIGHSPEEDINTERNET.COM

Study: R.I. has lowest internet costs in country

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the least-expensive internet in the United States, according to a report from Highspeedinternet.com on Friday. Rhode Island internet was found...
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