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Every state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the task

by Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed in late 2021, it included US$42.5 billion for broadband internet...

Infrastructure law’s digital equity goals are key to smart cities that work for everyone

by Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University - Newark The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021,...

Comcast speeding up its discounted Internet service

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Comcast is speeding up and expanding a discounted Internet service that was created to get more low-income people online. Comcast created the...

Obama unveils high-speed Internet help for low-income homes

DURANT, Okla. (AP) — Calling the Internet a 21st century necessity, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a program to bring faster Internet connections...

Regulators approve tougher rules for Internet providers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet activists declared victory over the nation's big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest...

Internet neutrality or equality?

Here’s a summary of the issues surrounding the future of the Internet and how that impacts Black Americans WASHINGTON – The future of the Internet...

Blacks urged to ramp up involvement in Internet issues

NASSAU, Bahamas (NNPA) – Blacks need to become more involved in what might appear to be arcane debates over “net neutrality – having an...

Tech gurus help boost speedy Internet in schools

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Needed to keep a school building running these days: Water, electricity — and broadband. Interactive digital learning on laptops and tablets...

Cyber Monday deals on phones, TVs, clothes

(CNN) -- How eager are retailers to boost sales this holiday season? It's no longer enough for them to offer one special day of...

Survey: 15 percent of Americans don’t go online

Lynn Boyden, an information architect in web services at the University of Southern California, poses with a dating website on her computer at the USC information technology services center in Los Angeles.Boyden says she has developed two identities online: a public one for her professional life and a private one that only a few close friends can access. She tries to block advertising trackers when she can and limits what personal data might wind up on public sites. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) by Barbara OrtutayAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Internet has become so entwined in their lives that many Americans might have trouble coping without it. But a new survey found that some 15 percent of Americans — about 1 in 7 — don't use the Internet at all. Most of them prefer it that way.

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