Residents in some San Francisco HUD-assisted housing complexes will get cheap broadband
from a company named — believe it or not — Monkeybrains.
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Dueling billionaires: Now Richard Branson plans to offer “space internet” via 700 satellites
OneWeb will launch as many as 720 non-geostationary satellite low-Earn orbit satellites that have the potential to provide high-speed broadband to everyone. And when we say everyone, we really mean everyone.
Read the full article →Want discounted streaming TV? Here’s a way to get it.
Amazon Prime discount offered to people on food stamps! Many readers ask us how to get low-income cable TV, and we’ve always had to tell them, “Sorry, there is no discount cable TV plan available.” Unfortunately that’s still the case, but now there’s great news on how to get discounted streaming TV, thanks to Amazon. […]
Read the full article →SpaceX details plans to launch thousands of internet satellites
Elon Musk has repeatedly proven doubters wrong over the years and he may just do it again with his “constellation” of broadband-providing satellites.
Read the full article →FCC backtracks, attempts to kill its own Lifeline Broadband program
The FCC has thrown its own Lifeline Broadband program, subsidized internet to America’s neediest residents, into complete disarray.
Read the full article →Least surprising survey of the week: Americans want their cities to build their own broadband networks
An overwhelming 70% of Americans believe local governments should be allowed to build out their own high-speed municipal networks if existing internet service providers are “too expensive or not good enough.”
Read the full article →Just what the needy need: Google giving free high-speed internet to the poor
Search engine giant Google has announced that its Google Fiber project has begun offering free high-speed internet access to residents in affordable housing. This is great news for low-income Americans who simply can’t find enough spare cash in their limited budgets to pay for gigabyte speed internet service, which can cost $70 or more per […]
Read the full article →Free national WiFi: If the Philippines can do it, why can’t the United States?
How, we wondered, can a relatively poor country like the Philippines afford to offer a free national internet access system when rich country like America can’t? It just isn’t right.
Read the full article →Cheap internet is here: 22 companies to offer Lifeline Broadband
It’s taken a while. It’s been a long wait. But twenty-two companies have now petitioned the FCC to become Lifeline Broadband service providers and are currently in various stages of approval.
Read the full article →Finally: HUD approves internet access program for low-income seniors
Seniors in all of Comcast’s markets can now apply for the company’s Internet Essentials program to obtain internet access for $9.95 per month. It’s also offering technical training, digital literacy programs, and devices for senior citizens in those communities.
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