internet access

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.

The ConnectHome Program will reach 275,000 poor families and almost 200,000 children.

DURANT, Okla. (AP) — Calling the Internet a 21st century necessity, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a program to bring faster Internet connections to more low-income households, particularly to help students living in public and assisted housing stay ahead in school. Under ConnectHome, the public, private and nonprofit sectors have pledged to work together […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to provide greater access to fast Internet broadband service in towns and cities across the country by encouraging the Federal Communications Commission to remove legal barriers to competition by Internet service providers. It also wants to help local communities improve their service with government loans and grants. The […]