Mobile Beacon invites customers to share their Mobile Beacon Moments for a chance to win a Community Grant
Mobile Beacon is celebrating 10 years of providing unlimited, reliable, and affordable mobile broadband service to the anchors communities across the country. Internet access has allowed these organizations to access more, reach more people, and help carry out their own missions. In honor of its 10th-anniversary, Mobile Beacon is inviting customers to share their stories. […]
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Hot spot checkout programs help students connect
When local schools suddenly closed last spring due to COVID-19, lack of reliable internet in rural areas became clear. While some students accessed their assignments and lessons without a hitch, others struggled, leading educators to create hybrid offerings of e-learning for students with internet and take-home packets for students without. Going into the 2020-21 school […]
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Providing high-speed, low-cost internet to the community
Mobile Beacon provides high-speed, low-cost, mobile internet access to the anchors of communities: the nonprofits, schools, libraries, and healthcare organizations that provide vital services to millions of Americans every day. Through this broadband service, organizations have an essential tool to fulfill their missions and maximize their philanthropic impact, which allows organizations to access more information, […]
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Providence Public Library awarded community grant from Mobile Beacon
Mobile Beacon is celebrating 10 years of providing high-speed, low-cost, mobile internet access to the anchors of communities: nonprofits, schools, libraries, and healthcare organizations. In honor of this anniversary, Mobile Beacon is providing 10 community grants to local and national educational and nonprofit organizations in support of their missions to create opportunities for underserved Americans […]
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Mobile Beacon decided to mark a company milestone with giving back to a charity that helps sick kids in our area, and Lindsay talked to the President and a recipient of the grant. See the full story at turnto10.com.
Read more Mobile Beacon Stands Behind the Black Lives Matter Movement
“The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked powerful protests in communities across our country and throughout the world. These protests have reignited much needed attention to the Black Lives Matter movement. We, both individually and as a society, need to recognize the debilitating and enduring injustices that systematic racism […]
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Refurbished computers help narrow the digital gap
PCs for People evens economic odds in this day and age when computer access is all—think Internet information and e-mail communication—but many of us can’t afford one. Also, gone is the time of searching for a job or finding a home by getting a newspaper and combing through classifieds ads. By the time you do, […]
Read more Mobile Beacon is Proud to Extend Our Commitment to the Keep Americans Connected Pledge to June 30th
Mobile Beacon is proud to announce it has extended its commitment to FCC Chairman Pai’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge until June 30, 2020. “COVID-19 has greatly magnified the inequities created by the digital divide,” Katherine Messier, Executive Director, Mobile Beacon said. “Mobile Beacon remains committed to providing reliable internet access as stay-at-home orders and distance […]
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Public-private partnerships provide internet connection for students
On the evening of March 15, fewer than 24 hours before the start of a new academic week, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced that schools would close at least through the end of the week to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Hundreds of school districts and thousands of educators around the state raced against the […]
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West Branch Middle School Awarded Grant to Help Close the Homework Gap
BELOIT — West Branch Middle School received the Connect for Success Grant from Mobile Beacon, which will give kids access to internet service who do not currently have it. WBMS Librarian, Megan Woods read about the Mobile Beacon program and immediately applied in hopes of bringing internet service to students who do not have access. […]
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