Until now, the Internet Essentials program has targeted low-income families with at least one student who qualifies for the National School Lunch Program. What’s always baffled us if that students’ eligibility was cut off the day they graduated from high school — just in time to cut them off from affordable internet as they go […]
Read the full article →Great news for America’s senior citizens: Internet Essentials conducting pilot program for seniors
If everything goes well, Comcast will begin offering high-speed Internet for just $9.95 per month to senior citizens across the country. Eligible seniors will also be offered Internet-ready computers for just $150.
Read the full article →Progress reports: Updating three high tech giants plans to bring cheap internet to everyone in the world
We circle back and see what kind of progress Google, Facebook, and Space-X are making in their race to bring wireless internet to everyone in the world.
Read the full article →Movement growing: School and community leaders nationwide want internet included in free government cell phone program
School and Community leaders are urging the FCC that the Lifeline Assistance program be amended create subsidies to help low-income Americans pay for high-speed broadband internet access in addition to the free government cell phone service.
Read the full article →Nothin’ times nothin’ is nothin’: Government wastes billions on broadband for America
We’ve praised government efforts to bring high-speed broadband to poor, rural Americans, but it looks like we may have been too quick with our praise. Turns out that even bureaucrats with the best of intentions can pound your money just as quickly as crooked bureaucrats.
Read the full article →It’s about time: Comcast develops pilot program to bring high-speed internet to low-income seniors
Comcast is addressing one of the Internet Essential program’s biggest shortcomings by conducting a pilot program designed to bring Internet Essentials to low-income senior citizens.
Read the full article →Twice as nice: Comcast doubles the speed of low-income Internet Essentials program
Internet Essentials has made their outstanding program even better by doubling its speed from 5 Megabytes per second to 10 Mbps., and giving customers a free wireless router.
Read the full article →Google bringing cheap internet to an entire country. Can the US be far behind?
Google, the high tech giant best known for its search engine, just announced that it has signed a contract to deliver high speed internet access to an entire country — Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island nation approximately 900 miles off the coast of India.
Read the full article →Big news for America’s poor: AT&T to offer low-cost, high-speed internet starting at $5/month
AT&T will be required to offer high-speed internet service for perhaps as little as $5-10 per month to any consumer who qualifies for food stamps (also known as SNAP).
Read the full article →Huge cheap internet news: President Obama bringing high-speed broadband to low-income Americans
President Obama has announced a pilot program to bring high-speed broadband internet service to low-income households in public housing.
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