Twenty-seven percent of California libraries are “still using...

Twenty-seven percent of California libraries are “still using a T1 line,” and 40 percent have speeds under 5 Mbps, the American Library Association told FCC officials Feb. 20, said an ex parte filing posted Thursday (http://bit.ly/1fLRZqN). Twenty ISPs in California provide service to libraries, the group said. “Demand for high-capacity in libraries will continue to grow unless libraries have scalable bandwidth that accommodates future growth,” it said.