Oakland will receive $15 million from California to close gaps in local internet speeds — a grant that faced objections from industry giants Comcast and AT&T, which had argued the town co…
from industry giants Comcast and AT&T, which had argued the town connects to the web no slower than any other place.But the new grant, announced this week, will fund the “last mile” of fiber-optic cable connection by tethering neglected areas to a larger backbone along major interstate highways.
These are Northern California communities “a short walk or a short drive from the development of some of the world’s most famous advanced technologies,” but they “are on the wrong side of the digital divide,” John Reynolds, the CPUC’s commissioner, said before voting for the funding, per a news release.
Oakland Connect, a community organization led by a former city school teacher, had rebutted the objections with reports clocking Oakland’s web connection as slower than the speeds that Comcast and AT&T advertise to the public.
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