SAN JOSE, California – An innovative program to address the long-standing issue of the digital divide in San Jose is being heralded as a model for other cities across the Bay Area and California.
It’s creating a special fund called the Digital Inclusion Fund with $2.2 million in fees it generates annually from renting space on city light poles to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon for the new generation of 5G cellular antennas.
The money will go toward providing 50,000 San Jose households with high-speed internet connections.