Kent County farm owner Jane Warren is anxious to have internet service at her home, but thereās no way to do that now. āWe cannot function because everything is done online,ā she said during a Delaware Department of Technology and Information public hearing Wednesday night about state efforts to expand broadband access. The department has until August to develop a …
State fends off 567 billion cyberattacks; adding broadband
NOTE: This story corrects a statement to say that it costs $100,000 per mile to lay broadband cable and install equipment. A previous version incorrectly said it cost that much per house. Delaware state computers had to contend with 567 billion — “billion with a B” — cyberattacks in the last quarter of 2022, the director of the Department …