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

2018 Adirondack Park Agency Local Govt. Day
April 18, 2018
Presented by Jeffrey Nordhaus, Executive Vice President, Broadband and Innovation, Empire State Development
Phase 3 Mapping Primer
May 4, 2017
Presented by Jim Stegeman, President, CostQuest
Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETC) Designation, Cable Television Franchising, Pole Attachments & Make-Ready
May 4, 2017
Presented by Dave Cramer, Carol McTague, and Karen Geduldig, Office of Telecommunications, NYS Department of Public Service
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Press Releases

Empire State Development Announces FCC Authorization of Over $55.4 Million in Federal Funding for Rural Broadband in New York
August 12, 2019

Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the authorization of more... Read more

TDS Telecom completes final high-speed Internet project in parts of St. Lawrence County
July 9, 2019

1,758 residences and businesses now have access to new, faster Internet... Read more

High-speed Internet now available in parts of Broome, Chenango, and Delaware Counties, New York
July 9, 2019

More than 7,000 addresses now have access to new, faster Internet speeds

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In The News

Here's how $55.4M is being used to beef up rural broadband internet in upstate NY
August 12, 2019

Elmira Star-Gazette
Schumer announces $39.2 million of broadband plan sent to Upstate, including Ulster, Sullivan
July 16, 2019

Times Herald-Record
FCC authorizes $39.2M for rural broadband in New York
July 16, 2019

Observer-Dispatch
Twenty-Four States Impacted by Latest CAF-II Funding Authorization, $563M in Rural Broadband Funding Released
July 15, 2019

Telecompetitor
TDS New NY Broadband Projects Adds Broadband to Approximately 8,800 Locations
July 10, 2019

Telecompetitor
ESD Secures New Service Providers for Lewis County Broadband Project With Completion Expected by End of 2020
June 26, 2019

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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.

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