Google’s Project Loon brings its oddball internet balloon concept one step closer to delivering high-speed internet to underserved areas.
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New York wants to boot cable provider Spectrum: What will happen to its low-income internet customers?
NY authorities has moved to oust Spectrum, claiming the company failed to serve customers and live up to promises. What happens to low-income, Internet Assist customers?
Read the full article →As predicted: CenturyLink screws poor Americans, ends Internet Basics program
As we have long expected, CenturyLink has screwed low-income Americans and put a bullet through the head of its Internet Basics program.
Read the full article →How to find the low-income internet service providers (plus low-cost computers and training) in your area
A new mapping tool from Mapbox, allows you to plug in your address, click, and immediately find out which internet service providers serve that address.
Read the full article →Sprint giving internet and computers to one million students. Here’s how to participate.
“The 1Million Project” expects to connect one million students in low-income households of with high-speed internet and wireless devices.
Read the full article →Cut the cord: Get rid of your expensive cable subscription and watch TV for free
You can “cut the cord” and still get TV — for free — by using modern inexpensive antennas to pull in stations like ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox and more.
Read the full article →4GCommunity shuts its door, leaves its “community” of customers out in the cold
4GCommunity offered low-cost internet service in exchange for a year’s payment upfront. When 4G shuts its doors, any customer who made a payment in the last year may lose all or part of that money.
Read the full article →Economy Internet: Two giant cable TV companies combine for one low-income internet plan
Here’s good news for low-income residents of 21 states: A huge French conglomerate is now bringing you high-speed broadband service for just $14.95 per month.
Read the full article →Comcast’s Internet Essentials program now helping four million low-income Americans
One million households, four million customers. No matter how much some community advocates complain, Internet Essentials program is a huge success, and no other low-income internet plans come anywhere close to those numbers.
Read the full article →Warp speed, Mr. Sulu: Comcast increases speed for Internet Essentials customers
Comcast’s low-income Internet Essentials plan are about to an very early Christmas present. The company is increasing their internet speeds by 50%.
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