Their ability to take on this task will say much about their ability to take on all the others.
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Leonard Pitts: Get over it, boomers! Gen Z’s disdain for us is the natural order of things
The kids may ‘OK’ this boomer to their hearts’ content – someday, they’ll fill his shoes.
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Broadband summit kicks off at Thomas College in Waterville
The summit includes local officials, state and regional representatives and technical experts discussing ways to improve broadband connectivity in rural Maine.
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Our View: Storm exposes flaw in Maine’s cable regulation
Electric utilities and telephone companies are regulated by the PUC, but internet providers are not – so they don’t have to say who’s out of service or when service will be restored.
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New 10-cent surcharge on Maine phone lines will fund broadband expansion
The surcharge approved by the Legislature will be used to support broadband expansion projects in the state starting in 2020.
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Internet companies leave customers in the dark on storm-related outages
Providers don’t disclose the scope of outages or predict when service will be restored – because they don’t want to, and because they can’t.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Spectrum says outage in Portland now fixed
The problem disrupted service for about 3,000 customers
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Cumberland County residents want more broadband competition, survey shows
The grant-funded report offers a blueprint for public-private partnerships that could compete with existing broadband providers such as Spectrum.
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How the internet has changed the way we write – and speak
The linguist Gretchen McCulloch says all types of speaking (and texting and tweeting) are inherently valuable.
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Insight: Dictators and the internet: A love story
Instead of making censorship obsolete, the internet has given authoritarian regimes a powerful tool to crush dissent.