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April 2021

Sponsor 

Universal Service Administrative Company

Date 
Wed, 04/21/2021 - 15:00

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is an FCC program that provides a temporary discount on monthly broadband bills for qualifying low-income households. Eligible households can receive:

  • Up to a $50/month discount on broadband service and associated equipment rentals


Sponsor 

Universal Service Administrative Company

Date 
Wed, 04/07/2021 - 15:00

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is an FCC program that provides a temporary discount on monthly broadband bills for qualifying low-income households. Eligible households can receive:


Sponsor 

Gigabit Libraries Network

Date 
Fri, 04/09/2021 - 08:00 to 09:30

"...initiatives to enhance digital equity that, while spurred in many cases by the pandemic, are part of a longer arc by which communities have sought to seize control of their digital futures. 

We argue that future policy should strengthen the federal government's role in financing broadband for public purposes, ensure that states have capacity for broadband planning, and build local capabilities for digital skills training & tech support."-John Horrigan

Speakers

John Horrigan, Senior Fellow at Technology Policy Institute


Britons aged 75 and over using internet nearly double in seven years

The proportion of people aged 75 and over using the internet has nearly doubled in the last seven years in the UK. Figures compiled by the Office of National Statistics show that while there has been little change in internet use for adults aged 16 to 44, the number of older people going online has shot up from 29% in 2013 to 54% in 2020. The information is based on figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) between January and March 2020 so it will not include changes due to the pandemic.

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