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12/21/12

Puerto Rico Broadband Stakeholders Awarded FCC Funding to Expand Broadband Among Low-Income Citizens

By CPR Staff

Connect Puerto Rico is proud to announce that 3 proposals from Puerto Rico broadband stakeholders were awarded broadband adoption Lifeline pilot programs yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). T-Mobile, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, and PR Wireless were among the 14 winners of this pilot program and collectively will receive $3.67 million to help expand broadband among low-income Puerto Ricans. The FCC Lifeline pilot projects will test how best to increase adoption of high-speed Internet among low-income Americans, a group with strikingly low adoption levels. This is particularly so across Puerto Rico, where only 35% of...

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04/04/12

Internet Basics Program Targets the Broadband Affordability Gap

By Wil Payton

A 2011 Connected Nation survey conducted across multiple states and territories indicated that nationwide, approximately 5.5 million households with annual incomes below $25,000 and with children present do not subscribe to home broadband service. Across the board, households with lower incomes subscribe to broadband at a lower rate than higher-income households. But how much of a barrier is affordability and what is the most efficient and effective way of bridging the Affordability Gap? Several organizations are attempting to address these issues. One such initiative, launched by CenturyLink, is called Internet Basics, a broadband adoption...