The Denver branch of PCs for People is moving to a new retail location at 1548 W Alameda Ave Denver, CO, 80223 effective Aug. 1. With a new storefront and plans for additional warehouse space, PCs for People is working hard to expand its reach beyond the Denver Metro Area, bringing low-cost computers and high-speed […]
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Nearly 75 first-generation college students left with the tools they need for their first days of college—including a laptop and mobile hotspot. These students, the first in their family to attend higher education, learned about how to navigate college—from financial aid and picking a major to having confidence in class—at Ready, Set, College on Saturday […]
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Have you been to the library lately? If not, then you might be spending money on technology, online services and resources that you can access for free with your library card. Libraries have always been in the business of providing access to information and resources. This hasn’t changed, but the delivery of resources and services […]
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JOHNSTON, R.I., April 1, 2016 – Mobile Beacon, a national Educational Broadband Service (EBS) provider of low-cost, 4G LTE mobile Internet access for schools, libraries and nonprofits, supports the FCC’s landmark vote yesterday to modernize the Lifeline program. This decision will help pay for critically-needed Internet service that connects low-income Americans to education, jobs, healthcare, commerce, and […]
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Just before midnight Thursday, an aging national wireless-broadband network is scheduled to wink out of existence forever.
Last year, it seemed like this would be catastrophic for some 14,000 low-income Twin Cities households, which had long depended on this Sprint network for affordable Internet access.
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Hundreds of people are expected at PCs for People’s St. Paul office on Tuesday, March 29. There Mobile Beacon and PCs for People will make a final push to help as many vulnerable individuals and families as possible retain their Internet access before Sprint’s permanent shutdown of WiMAX services on March 31.
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Chairman announced a US$2.25 billion plan to expand the federal Lifeline subsidy program to help low-income consumers afford broadband Internet service.
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For anyone who is constantly connected, the idea of a Web-less life might seem hard to fathom. But nearly one out of six American adults still lack access to the Internet, according to figures from the Pew Research Center. The problem is worse for the poor. Internet availability has improved—three-fourths of adults earning less than $30,000 per year now have access to the Internet, counting those who use smartphones, up from a third in 2000—but many more are underserved.
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A Massachusetts state court today granted a joint motion to extend a preliminary injunction that temporarily saved Internet access to 1,820 nonprofits, 429 schools, and 61 libraries across the country.
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On Wednesday, January 20, EveryoneOn informed individuals and nonprofit enrollment partners that they will no longer provide our service to their customers – you – on February 2.
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