Connect2Compete campaign to address rural broadband challenge
Connect2Compete has announced that, in partnership with the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), 45 schools in three Delta-region states will have access to reduced-cost Internet service, affordable...
View ArticlePilot program helping Bibb students gain Internet access at home
Darriale Bradley couldn’t wait to connect to the Internet at her west Macon home. She didn’t waste much time before signing up for the Connect2Compete program that hooked her up to the Web early this...
View ArticleReaching those on the wrong side of the digital divide
The Advertising Council and Connect2Compete, a nonprofit group whose goal is to eliminate the digital divide in the United States, are introducing a public service campaign to help those who are not...
View ArticleNationwide campaign aims to bridge the digital divide
Which side of the digital divide are you on? Still, in this age of the Internet, 62 million Americans don’t go online at all. That’s one out of every five people. For many, the Internet is now an...
View Article3-2-1 Everyone On: A national campaign for digital literacy
Today marks the launch of Everyone On – a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and Internet training. I just took the EveryoneOn...
View ArticleHome broadband effort will extend Internet access to millions more americans
Nearly 18 months after its conception, the nonprofit Connect to Compete organization Thursday launched its promised trio of programs aimed at an estimated 100 million Americans without home broadband...
View ArticleCheap broadband offered to 100 million underprivileged
Connect2Compete, the non-profit organization behind the national campaign to boost digital literacy among the underprivileged, has launched a new promotion to get 100 million “offline” Americans into...
View ArticleChicago to be test city in push for wider, cheaper internet
The city of Chicago is a pilot city in a national digital literacy campaign that will offer low-cost residential broadband service to residents of certain zip codes, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office...
View Article3 reasons some stay offline: digital literacy campaign EveryoneOn expands
April 29, 2013. The coalition of institutions involved formally in Philadelphia’s digital access conversation has grown. As part of Philly Tech Week Presented by AT&T, EveryoneOn, a program...
View ArticleNo Country for Slow Broadband
There is a popular story going around about the state of America’s broadband networks: service is pitifully slow, hugely overpriced and limited to the richest neighborhoods — whereas in Europe, service...
View ArticleProgram offers $9.95 Internet to poor RI families
Low-income families in the state are eligible for reduced-price computers and Internet access through a new program that aims to eliminate the digital disadvantages of growing up poor. The initiative,...
View ArticleBloomberg Launches EveryoneOn NY at Harlem School
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday, Aug. 28 the launch of EveryoneOn NY, a public and private partnership that will provide Internet access to low-income families. “Since its launch last year,...
View ArticleWashington Post Live: Bridging the Digital Divide Summit
November 13 2013. Making the Internet accessible to all. Only 18 percent of U.S. households had Internet access in 1997; today, 85 percent do. We go online to apply for jobs, take college classes,...
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