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July 24, 2015

Google, ISPS offering free broadband to low-income families

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:15 am

by Fred O’Connor, PCAdvisor

Google and seven other ISPs have joined a new U.S. government pilot program to connect 275,000 low-income households to the Internet for free or at reduced rates. U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss the initiative, called ConnectHome, Wednesday in Durant, Oklahoma. Durant serves as the capital of the Choctaw Tribal Nation, one of the communities taking part in the program. In Durant, like in many parts of rural Oklahoma, the library is a town’s only location with a high-speed Web connection, the state’s director of libraries said in a statement. ConnectHome will prioritize households with children and connect approximately 200,000 students to the Internet.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/internet/google-isps-offering-free-broadband-to-low-income-families-3619801/

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