California once again is defining a new era of public benefits from corporate consolidations in advanced communications and high-speed Internet access. Consumers and residents will be measurably better off as a result and California will move closer to closing the Digital Divide. Read More>>>
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Unfortunately, the Legislature failed to act last week and it could set back for years the progress that California has made in closing the digital divide. Read More>>>
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As the FCC nears a decision on the proposed merger between Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, digital inclusion advocates in California have negotiated a $32.5 million deal with "New Charter" that could support broadband adoption by hundreds of thousands of low [...]
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The Federal Communications Commission's lauded expansion of its "Lifeline" program for low-income broadband access could end up being less than promised. Read More>>>
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Given its economic benefits, isn't home Internet access-especially to low-income people-an economic development no-brainer? Read More>>>
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Qualifying Americans would receive a $9.25 monthly subsidy for broadband Internet - which, advocates hope, would cut the cost to consumers to about $10 to $20 per month. Read More>>>
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This week, the Federal Communications Commission will debate whether to expand the agency's Lifeline program, which was created in 1985 to offer low-income Americans with subsidies for telephone service. If approved, the expansion would allow low-income people to use Lifeline subsidies for Internet service. Read [...]
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"Charter is not just buying a big new service area - they are buying the digital divide," said Sunne Wright McPeak, president and chief executive of the nonprofit California Emerging Technology Fund, which is working to bring computers and affordable Internet connections to more California [...]
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In a commentary written before the FCC's announcement, California Emerging Technology Fund President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak called on the FCC to act. She wrote that 20 percent of households don't have access and that this is a singular moment in time to meet [...]
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