![]() ![]() “But the White House can and should do more. The initiatives announced Thursday are “an important first step,” wrote Adam Conner, vice president of technology policy at the Center for American Progress. ![]() In addition to the new investment in AI research, the White House announced that the Office of Management and Budget would be releasing proposed policy guidance on government usage of AI systems for public comment. “The private sector has an ethical, moral and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products,” Harris said in a statement after the meeting. Diamond State Networks hinted that it will not be the last coalition of its kind in a statement to Fierce, noting that co-ops are “uniquely positioned to serve parts of the country other operators either can’t or don’t want to reach.” It said it is also hoping that more co-ops will follow its model. It is planning on investing more than $1.66 billion in fiber infrastructure to cover 64 percent of Arkansas’ land, reaching 600,000 potential customer locations. It said it is working to secure funding from the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act’s middle mile funding program to extent its project further. The company said it will be focused on providing middle mile fiber transport routes to internet service providers and wireless operators. In Arkansas, 13 electric cooperatives announced Thursday that they joined together to form a new wholesale fiber provider called Diamond State Networks to expand broadband access across the state. Electric cooperatives form alliance in Arkansas to expand broadband access Ookla gathers data from Speedtest users to report internet speeds at different locations. The fourth quarter report from 2021 showed that T-Mobile’s median 5G download speed was 187.12, with Verizon coming in second at 78.2 Mbps and AT&T with 68.82 Mbps. According to the Ookla report, 50.6 percent of AT&T customers spent a majority of its time on 5G networks during the first quarter compared to only 28.9 percent of Verizon customers. ![]() For 4G/LTE speeds, AT&T recorded a median speed of 34.57 Mbps versus a 26.33 Mbps for Verizon. Verizon’s 5G speeds have set it apart from AT&T since deploying its C-band spectrum. ![]()
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