Rural areas anxiously await high-speed internet expansion ALBANY -- A goal of stretching high-speed internet connections to all New Yorkers by 2018 has hit speed bumps - to the growing frustration of smaller communities. "We're not just disadvantaged, we're discriminated against, just because we choose to live in a rural area," said Niagara County Legislator […]

ALBANY COUNTY — Broadband will be expanded in Albany County, but to what extent remains to be seen. The Albany County Legislature has authorized the broadband plans the county has devised for two different funding scenarios: one where the county receives state aid, and one where it uses only its own funding. If the county […]