Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

The tug of war over Net neutrality could be drawing to a close. A notice published Monday in the Federal Register asks for public comment about proposed rulemaking that would "preserve the open Internet."

Most of that stimulus money hasn’t been spent.

“We applaud industry leadership such as this. We look to other companies to be as innovative in making their products and services accessible to people with disabilities.”

These are the problems identified by the Federal Communications Commission as obstacles in its effort to blanket the country with high-speed Internet service.

The Universal Service Fund, set up 75 years ago to get phone service to rural communities, may extend funding to rural broadband and other new media.

Travelers passing through airports in Billings and Bozeman will not have to pay for wireless Internet over the next two months as part of a holiday promotion sponsored by the Internet search giant Google.

A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled.

Much of the training once offered to employees primarily at out-of-state conferences is available via Internet "webinars" or through telephone conference calls, officials said. Instead of flying to Denver, for example, state workers now can sit at their computer terminals and take in the presentations.

The consumer rights section is particularly interesting, as it would give Europeans the right to switch telecoms operators within 1 day and the right to transparent and comparable price information.

Montana’s rural telecommunications providers employ 1,000 Montanans and invest $70 million every year in building and expanding broadband networks to serve their business and residential consumers, as well as schools, health care providers, emergency responders, Tribal institutions and other key entities.