Supporting Schools During The COVID Pandemic
January 5, 2021 We are kicking off the New Year by reflecting on the past year. Even in the face of unprecedented challenges and industry-wide device shortages we encountered throughout the year, we are proud that our service kept thousands of Community Anchor Institutions, individuals, and families connected. As the world transitioned to remote working […]
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Mobile Beacon’s EBS Mobile Broadband Service Supports Digitally Disadvantaged Communities
The digital divide is a devastating challenge for millions of Americans and nonprofits across the country. Without affordable access and digital literacy skills, those on the wrong side of the digital divide are unable to fully participate in today’s digital world. In an article published by the Benton Foundation, TechSoup’s Global Director of GreenTech, Jim […]
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36 hours in Detroit
36 Hours is a domestic cultural-exchange program that allows business leaders to travel to a buildOn school and “walk in the shoes” of U.S. students. This program was developed by buildOn, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations in the U.S and abroad through service and education. […]
Read more Susan Bearden from the Consortium for School Networking Shares Surprising Findings from Mobile Beacon Research
Schools need affordable and reliable internet to prepare students for their digital future. However, many schools continue to struggle to meet the broadband demands of today, let alone tomorrow. In an article published by the Benton Foundation, Susan Bearden, the Digital Equity Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking, discusses the surprising findings of […]
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Mobile Beacon Submits Comments in Response to the FCC’s NPRM, Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers
Mobile Beacon submitted comments on February 21, 2018, in response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquire title, “Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers.” Mobile Beacon is greatly concerned about the proposed changes to the Lifeline program. We believe many of these changes will result in widening – not closing […]
Read more John Horrigan from the Technology Policy Institute Highlights Mobile Beacon Research
Millions of low-income individuals and families struggle to find affordable broadband options causing a large connectivity gap across America. In an article for the Benton Foundation, Jim Horrigan, Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute, highlights current efforts by many organizations to close this gap. The article features Mobile Beacon’s innovative broadband adoption efforts, in […]
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Bridging the Gap Expands in October to Salt Lake City, the First of Five New Locations
Between May 2016 and September 2017, Mobile Beacon and PCs for People launched Bridging the Gap in Denver, CO. This program provides donated computers and mobile hotspots to individuals and families in need. The technology is provided through distribution events held with the assistance of other local organizations. The distribution events in Denver’s were so […]
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ALA’s Larra Clark Spotlights Mobile Beacon Research on Hotspot Lending
Libraries can make a significant societal impact by providing internet services to their patrons who otherwise do not have access. Earlier this year, Samantha Schartman-Cycyk and our Executive Director Katherine Messier conducted a research study “Creating Opportunity Through Connectivity”, which reported on Mobile Beacon library customers’ hotspot lending programs and the positive impact that internet […]
Read more A Look Back at PCs for People & Mobile Beacon’s Bridging the Gap Distribution Events in Denver
Mobile Beacon and PCs for People Denver recently completed a series of technology distribution events held in Denver, CO from September 2016 until May of 2017. Through our Bridging the Gap program, Mobile Beacon and PCs for People Denver partnered to provide computers, hotspots, and affordable internet to individuals and families under the 200% poverty […]
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Hotspot Lending Success at Wilmington Public Library
By Maria Meachum, Director, Wilmington Public Library District Let’s dispel a myth today. We will do my personal favorite: “Nowadays everybody has internet” aka “you can get free wifi anywhere.” Talk about fake news. The Pew Group, one of the nations leading polling groups recently released a study that shows while lower income Americans are slowly […]
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