Media Center
Welcome to the NYS Broadband Program Office Media Center where you will find the latest news on how New York State government is working to close the digital divide that exists throughout our State. Through our press releases, publications, newsletters and reports, we provide our visitors with information on our state’s efforts to ensure affordable high-speed broadband services are available to all New Yorkers.
Presentations
In The News
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April 16, 2021 Cuomo Signs New York Bill Requiring Low-Cost Broadband Access |
March 22, 2021 FCC launches a survey for consumers to report actual on-the-ground... Read more |
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March 19, 2021 Students without at-home connectivity in 210 school districts will be... Read more |
January 21, 2021 New York among six states offering affordable internet at truly high speeds. |
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February 21, 2020 [T]here are many reasons to be optimistic about the state’s broadband... Read more |
February 13, 2020 The FCC has authorized more than $240 million in funding over ten years for... Read more |
Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure
The Federal Energy and Commerce subcommittee, Communications and Technology, held a hearing on March 21, 2017 to discuss national broadband deployment, and discussed the success of the New NY Broadband Program. The Broadband Program Office’s own cost modeling expert, Jim Stegeman, President of CostQuest, testified before the Communications and Technology subcommittee. Jim Stegeman is an industry leader in network-cost models used by wireline and wireless companies, as well as State and government agencies, in support of broadband deployment analysis. Below is a clip from that hearing. To view the full hearing, click here.