Latest Internet access News

A Navy officer is demoted after sneaking a satellite dish onto a warship to get the internet

Sep. 06, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret,...

After millions lose access to internet subsidy, FCC moves to fill connectivity gaps

Aug. 23, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to blunt the loss of an expired broadband subsidy program that helped more than 23 million families afford internet access by using money from an existing program that helps libraries and schools provide WiFi hotspots to students and patrons....