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The home internet provider industry in Georgia is heavily monopolized by 2 major competitors: Silknet and MAGTICOM. There are other smaller, more obscure providers as well, but these two are the most popular and have the biggest nationwide coverage. Both companies offer TV and mobile packages that can be combined with home internet as well.
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The Rural Broadband Association, an organization representing rural-centric providers, has pointed to the expensive permits and procedural delays in preventing "universal" broadband access. [61] For rural areas such as the ones the RBA represents, financial returns can be insufficient and thus private actors have little incentive to compete ...
In 2008, the FCC approved a broadband mapping plan which would examine availability by speed and "provide a more granular look at where broadband is available," according to a report in The Washington Post. [1] The Broadband Data Improvement Act was introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye in 2007 and became law on October 10, 2008. [3]
A portion of funding awards were allocated to extending and developing broadband services to reach rural and "underserved areas," as well as improving broadband access for public safety agencies. [42] [43] In July 2010. the District of Columbia was awarded $17.4 million in federal funds for its DC-Community Access Network. [44]
Broadband.gov was a website run by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States that reports Internet access around the country. The FCC used the website to document the National Broadband Plan and its implementation, and inform the public about room for improvement by both Internet service providers and users.
WideOpenWest, Inc. (doing business as WOW! [3]) is the eighth largest cable operator in the United States with their network passing 1.9 million homes and businesses. [4] The company offers landline telephone, cable television, and broadband Internet services. [5] As of November 3, 2022, WOW! has about 538,100 subscribers. [6]