The FCC has done a whole lot of talking about Lifeline Broadband, but has taken precious little action to make it actually happen.
Read the full article →Municipal wi-fi news: Buffalo building free public wifi network for its downtown corridor
Buffalo, New York state’s second largest city and America’s 69th largest, is joining the parade of progress by building a public wi-fi network that will be available free to residents and visitors to its downtown corridor.
Read the full article →Low-income Chattanooga residents can now get super-fast cheap internet from city-owned utility
EPB, a municipally-owned electric company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is now offering low-income residents of the city really high-speed internet at really low prices.
Read the full article →Is the FCC finally ready to announce its long-awaited Lifeline Broadband program?
It appears that the Federal Communications Commission is finally on the verge of overhauling the Lifeline Assistance program, and it is widely anticipated that one of the biggest changes will be to include Lifeline Broadband
Read the full article →Add another name to the list of cities with municipal broadband networks: Sandy, Oregon
The SandyNet, FTTH gigabit network is up and running in the suburb of Sandy, OR, and is already looking toward future expansion. Officials say they have plans to expand the network until it reaches every home in the city (a total of more than 4,000 homes).
Read the full article →How long until Google begins offering cheap internet service to the world?
We’re hoping Google’s Project Loon will bring good news to low-income Americans who are forced to live with expensive internet, or with no internet at all.
Read the full article →Digital Divide: Do your kids suffer from the homework gap?
There is a huge, gaping difference found between high-speed broadband service in the homes of low-income households and all other American homes. It’s called the Homework Gap.
Read the full article →Bad news for needy Americans: Comcast announces that its merger with Time Warner Cable is dead
If the Comcast / Time Warner merger would have been approved, Comcast would have likely extended their $9.95/ month low-income Internet Essentials program to Time Warner customers.
Read the full article →A problem with Internet Essentials: No wireless routers
You’ve done a great job with Internet Essentials, Comcast, but it’s time to start offering your wireless capability as part of the basic Internet Essentials package.
Read the full article →California’s bungling bureaucrats try to hijack Comcast’s Internet Essentials program
California’s bungling bureaucrats want to wreak their own special brand of havoc upon Comcast’s incredibly successful Internet Essentials program.
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