Tag: Broadband
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With Artificial Intelligence, Fiber Optic Broadband Finds Its Ultimate App
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Last week, one of Link Oregon’s founding members—Oregon State University—celebrated the groundbreaking of the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, which will be home to one of the world’s fastest university supercomputers capable of training very large artificial intelligence (AI) models and advancing research in other computationally-intensive domains such as materials science,…
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Legislative Session Successes: Broadband & Cybersecurity
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The 83rd Oregon Legislature declared “sine die” (the conclusion of the legislative session) on June 25, just hours before the constitutional deadline to conduct business on the Senate floor and vote on bills and budgets. The six-week walkout by some Senators threatened to prevent votes on key state investment and policy bills that would help…
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Summary of HB 3201: Regarding Broadband
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(2022-2023)House Bill 3201, sponsored by Representative MARSH, Senator WOODS, Representatives OWENS, NERON, Senator CAMPOS, and Representative NOSSE, requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability, and adoption. It makes Broadband Fund permanent and expands permitted uses of the moneys in that fund. It requires Oregon Broadband Advisory Council (OBAC)…
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Announcing the Oregon Broadband Middle-Mile Futures Report
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The Oregon Broadband Middle-Mile Infrastructure Planning Group’s new report offers actionable recommendations to ensure a robust broadband middle-mile network for Oregon In May 2021, at the request of Oregon Rep. Pam Marsh—together with Sen. Lee Beyer and Rep. Mark Owens—an ad hoc committee of Oregon broadband leaders with expertise in network technologies and business models…