by Kristi Zappie-Ferradino | Mar 1, 2021 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator
In the Fall of 2020 NDIA partnered with the Salt Lake City Public Library and Urban Libraries Council to bridge the Digital Divide in Salt Lake City through the launch of a Digital Navigators pilot project. To prepare for direct service in December 2020, program...
by Caitlin Kvammen | Feb 26, 2021 | COVID-19
The FCC has confirmed and released the rules on the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. The EBB program will provide eligible households with subsidies up to $50 a month for internet service ($75 a month for tribal households) and up to $100 for devices. To...
by Caitlin Kvammen | Feb 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News, EBB
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a $3.2 billion provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act which will reimburse internet service providers (ISPs) for providing broadband service and devices to low-income households. However, the program...
by Caitlin Kvammen | Feb 18, 2021 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News
Recently, NDIA filed reply comments to the FCC focusing on the need for community-based outreach of the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. According to the language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the FCC has exactly sixty days from the...
by Caitlin Kvammen | Feb 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Digital Inclusion News
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a $3.2 billion provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act which will reimburse internet service providers (ISPs) for providing broadband service and devices to low-income households. However, Congress did not allocate...
by Caitlin Kvammen | Jan 29, 2021 | COVID-19
The Emergency Broadband Benefit program is a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act slated for $3.2 billion to reimburse internet service providers (ISPs) $10 to $50 a month for providing broadband service and up to $100 for providing devices to low-income...
