by Bill Callahan | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News
During the last two weeks, most of the nation’s large internet service providers have responded to the COVID-19 emergency by launching free or very low-cost rate plans, designed to help more residents get and stay on line in order to cope with the sudden new...
by Bill Callahan | Nov 27, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News
Twenty-six Members of Congress, led by Representative Grace Meng of New York, have proposed a $100 million annual grant program to fund community efforts to provide mobile wi-fi hotspots for home use by low-income students. Rep. Meng introduced H.R.5243, the “Closing...
by Bill Callahan | Nov 25, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion, Policy Positions
NDIA has once again urged the Federal Communications Commission to consider broadband adoption rates and affordability in the agency’s annual assessment of “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable...
by Bill Callahan | Oct 23, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News, Measuring Inclusion
America’s persistent digital divide isn’t limited to either our biggest cities or our most isolated rural areas. Big gaps in home broadband connection can be found in communities of all sizes throughout the country. NDIA’s past Worst Connected Cities...
by Bill Callahan | Sep 26, 2019 | Digital Inclusion News
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (IL) and U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) have introduced a bill in both houses of Congress that is intended to increase enrollment in the Federal Lifeline program, which provides subsidized broadband as well as phone access...