Internet Access

The President's New Digital Government Strategy Memo

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Obama, Technology, Internet Access, Internet, Wireless Internet, President Obama, Technology News

Having the world's most cutting-edge digital technologies and best technology departments won't improve government services for our citizens if we don't have sufficient and sustainable access to the mobile broadband spectrum.

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On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Internet Access, Navajo Nation, Native American, Native Americans, Tribal Land, The Navajo Nation, Breakdown, Internet, Navajo, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Access, Wireless, Navajo Indians Internet Access, Technology News

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Like many college students, Wilhelmina Tsosie must go online to complete her assignments. But unlike the vast majority of Americ...

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Hey America! We're Ranked #16 in Broadband!

Josh Levy | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Competition, Verizon, Broadband, Cable, Comcast, Timewarner-Cable, Time Warner Cable, Internet Access, Internet, Time Warner, Broadband Internet, Cox, Technology News

Competition in the U.S. broadband market is virtually nonexistent. That means that millions of Americans live without high-speed Internet access, and those who do have it experience slower speeds and higher prices than their European counterparts.

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Without Internet, Urban Poor Fear Being Left Behind In Digital Age

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Internet Access, Library Computers, Bronx Library Center, New York Public Library, Digital Divide Partnership, Breakdown, Internet, Video, Broadband, Fcc, Bv-Politics, Federal Communications Commission, Urban Communications Transport, Online Access, South Bronx, Digital Divide, Technology News

Jillian Maldonado is a 29-year-old student at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center and an Avon sales representative who earns $300 a week. On most ...

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Mutant Broadband Bills Are Infecting Our Communities

Josh Levy | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Broadband, Internet Access, Broadband Networks, North Carolina Broadband, Broadband Access, Community Broadband Networks, Broadband Legislation, Technology News

In the next weeks, we'll be fighting to protect the rights of communities to determine how they'll access information in the 21st century. We can't let corporations and their politician friends hijack our right to build better broadband.

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The President's Vision for Our Next Economy, Hispanics, and Broadband

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Latinos, Internet Access, Education, Broadband, Next-Economy, Jobs, President Obama, Latino Voices News

Broadband access for Hispanic could help provide a path forward for a community struggling under the weight of poverty, lack of educational opportunities and economic upheaval.

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Tackling Digital Literacy and Unemployment: California's Social Gaming Approach

Christina Gagnier | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Digital Literacy, Digital Literacy Unemployment, Internet Access, High Speed Internet, Digital Literacy Education, California Internet Literacy, Impact News

There is a group of people who are challenged by a fundamental problem: lack of access to the Internet in their homes, coupled with the inability to engage in our information economy since they lack basic digital literacy skills.

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There's room in Cyberspace for us all

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Web 2.0, Cyberspace, Internet, Internet Access, Women, Access, Computers, Low Income Families, The Women's Building, Technology, San Francisco, Technology News

Hey folks, I recently donated some web gear to The Women's Building in San Francisco to help out with their free computer lab. Not everyone has the me...

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Working Together for a Safe and Prosperous Cyberspace

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: UK, Cyber Conference, Internet Access, Digital Media, Cyberspace, Economics, Cyber Security, USA, London, Internet, Tech, Ukinusa, London Conference, Trade, Online, Prosperity, Digital, Openness, London Cyber, Technology, Digital Divide, Technology News

UK-US partnership on cyber issues goes back to the very beginnings of the Internet. In fact, the Internet may never have come to be without collaboration between UK and US researchers.

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The Upside of Expanding Broadband Access In The Hispanic Communitty

Kristian Ramos | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Broadband, Hispanics, Latino Voices News

Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic group in America...creating ways to give them equal access to the internet is better for the country as a whole.

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Transforming Rural Economies: Bridging The Digital Divide

Diane Russell | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Broadband Access, Rural Internet Infrastructure, Internet-Infrastructure, National Broadband Plan, Rural Internet, Broadband Internet Access, Rural Internet Access, Politics News

If Americans can put a man on the moon, we can be sure everyone has access to high-speed broadband Internet, regardless of where they live.

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Leading 'Afropreneur' Says: No More Aid for Africa, Please

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Small Businesses, Internet Access, Wennovation Hub, Libraries, Africa, Nigeria, Libraries Across Africa, Greatest Person of the Day, Idris Bello, Good News, Mobile Apps, Impact News

While speaking with Idris Bello and hearing about his numerous accomplishments, one begins to feel a bit lazy in comparison. Though he only just gradu...

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UN Declares Internet Access A Human Right In New Report

Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Arab Uprising, Arab Protests, Internet, Internet Human Right, Internet Access, United Nations Report, Arab Spring, Tunisia, UN Report Internet Access, Egypt, Frank La Rue, Un Report, World News

Internet access is a human right, and ensuring universal access to the Web "should be a priority for all states," according to a new United Nations re...

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Internet's Creator: Web Access Is A Human Right

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Internet Human Right, Internet Access, Web Access, Tim Berners Lee Web, Poll, Web Human Right, Net Neutrality, Tim Berners-Lee, Technology News

We're living in a world where Internet access should be as readily available as water, according to the man who helped create the web, Tim Berners-Lee...

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When Your Country Gets Erased From the Internet: Egypt, Net Neutrality, and Web Freedom

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, World Wide Web, Internet Access, Internet, Cairo, Egypt, Censorship, Net Neutrality, Technology News

At precisely 12:34 a.m. on Friday morning, the Egyptian government apparently shut down Internet access not just from but into Egypt. That is, Egypt didn't lose Internet access: the Internet lost Egypt.

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The Increasingly Ridiculous Cost of Hotel Internet Access

Dave Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Road Warrior, Internet Access, Business Travel, Travel, Ces, Las Vegas, Wynn Hotel, Expensive Wifi, Wifi Router, Internet in Hotels, Consumer Electrics Show, Travel News

I've been here in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, and it's been a great visit, well worth the time and expense. Well, except for my hotel's Internet access.

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Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Internet, Broadband, Underwater Cables, Technology News

Communication in the global economy depends on a relatively few undersea cables, which unfortunately are made more vulnerable by international politics.

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Net Neutrality Supporters: "It's My Way or the Highway!"

Robert Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Broadband, National Broadband Plan, Free Press, Julius Genachowski, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Technology News

I am all for thoughtful discussion -- even over compromise -- but the messages that 'net neutrality' groups are sending to the FCC read more like 'it's my way or the highway' than 'let's work together.'

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Internal and External Walls Block Cubans From Internet Sites

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Embargo, Cuba, Cuba Internet Blocked, Internet Access, Blocked Internet, Cuba Internet, Cuban Embargo, Cuba-Blockade, Cuba Internet Access, World News

Those who govern us have satellite antennas in their homes, broadband, open Internet, iPhones full of applications, while we -- the citizens -- trip over screens that say "this service is not available in your country."

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Opportunity and Access: The Power of Today's Public Libraries

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nypl, Internet Access, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New York City Budget Cuts, Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library, Libraries, New York News

Anyone who hasn't been living on the far side of the moon knows and acknowledges that success today depends on information: access to it and the skills to exploit it.

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Reinvesting in a National Treasure: Our Nation's Public Libraries

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Broadband, Literacy, Technology, Libraries, Digital Divide, Books News

Our nation's public libraries need a serious reinvestment. They are places of first discoveries, first words read, first experiences and the place where the "lightbulb" goes off.

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In Pictures: Online and Open for Business

Megan Tady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Internet Access, Economic Reovery, Small Business, Video, National Broadband Plan, Net Neutrality, Digital Divide, Technology News

Follow your bliss because it makes good business sense - if you're doing what you love, it shows in your products and services.

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Digital Literacy: FCC Survey Shows Need To Teach Broadband Basics

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Literacy, Media Literacy, Fcc, Broadband, Internet, Internet Access, Education, Digital Literacy, Technology News

WASHINGTON — The government's plan to provide fast Internet connections to all Americans will have to include some basic instruction in Web 101,...

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Iran Limits Internet Access Ahead Of Protests

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Internet Access, Opposition, Iran Election, Pro-Reform Rally, Iran, Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Censorship, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Government opponents shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "Death to the Dictator" from Tehran's rooftops in the pouring rain on the eve of ...

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Rural Broadband Internet Access To Expand

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Access, Internet, Information Technology, Cable, Governor's Office, Wireless, Fiber, Dsl, Colorado, Broadband, High Speed Internet, Federal Stimulus, Connected Nation, Satellite, Denver News

DENVER - About 97 percent of Colorado households have some high-speed Internet service available without an extraordinary commitment of resources, but...

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