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Here's how you can apply to the FCC for the $50 discount on your broadband bill
You may be eligible for a $50 monthly coronavirus pandemic discount on your home broadband bill starting May 12.
'We're trying to solve a problem here': Senate takes Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to task over 'addictive' algorithms (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 06:23Time to cut internet cords: T-Mobile, Verizon up their bids to be your next home broadband
Cord cutting is coming to home internet access, not just pay TV – but not every embittered broadband customer will be able to fire their current provider and switch to residential wireless from T-Mobile and Verizon. Both carriers offer connectivity at speeds that may not match those of cable internet but should be fast enough for many home uses. They also don’t inflict cable’s data caps or modem-rental fees.
Nearly 100 worldwide experts and advocates are urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ditch plans to create Instagram for kids (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/15/2021 - 06:31Opinion: This isn't your ex-president's 'Infrastructure Week.' Biden plan is big, serious and paid for. (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 06:42Advocacy groups urge FTC to be tougher on Google with protecting kids privacy on apps (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 05:583 Amazon privacy settings you need to change now (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 06:20COVID-19 impact: Work from home more appealing than return to 'business as usual,' Harvard survey shows (USA Today)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 06:19House, Senate Democrats unveil $94 billion bill to improve Internet access
Thirty House and Senate Democrats unveiled a new $94 billion proposal to make broadband Internet access more accessible and affordable nationwide, aiming to remedy some of the digital inequalities that have kept millions of Americans offline during the coronavirus pandemic. The new effort, chiefly authored by Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), marks one of the most expensive, ambitious broadband packages proposed in recent years.