NCTA and its member companies that provide Internet access, together with leading non-profit organizations, have formed a major initiative to promote education and broadband adoption by providing low-cost, discounted broadband Internet service to millions of K-12 students that don't currently have broadband in their homes. The initiative is a key part of the recently announced "Connect-to-Compete" (C2C) program, which unites a number of non-profit and private partners in a coordinated, community-based program that is dedicated to a common purpose – promoting education and broadband adoption.
Here is a sampling of some of the press coverage that this new initiative has received.
FCC plans cheap Internet service and computers to connect poor Americans [Washington Post]
Cheaper broadband coming to low-income families [Reuters]
Providing Internet Access to the Poor [Bloomberg Businessweek]
Cheap broadband, PCs aimed at low-income families [USA Today]
F.C.C. Push to Expand Net Access Gains Help [New York Times]
Cable Firms Offer Low-Cost Service to Poor [Newsday]
FCC launching $4-billion program to narrow digital divide [Los Angeles Times]
Cable Commits To Sweeping Broadband Adoption Program [Broadcasting & Cable]
Cable Companies to Offer Low-Income Families Subsidized Broadband [National Journal]
FCC, Cable Companies to Provide Cheap Broadband to the Poor [The Wrap]
Poor Homes to Get $10 Cable Broadband Next Year [msnbc.com]
Low-Income Families to Benefit from Internet Plan [NPR]
FCC Enlists More Cable Providers to Offer Discounted Broadband to Low-Income Families [Engadget]
Cable Companies to Offer Discounted Internet Service for Low-Income Users [Connected Planet Online]
Cable Companies Battle Digital Divide With $9.95 a Month Broadband [Mashable]
Low-Income Families Merge onto Internet with Help from Cable Companies [redOrbit]
FCC Aims to Unleash Broadband Investment [Portfolio.Com]
Cable Companies to Offer Broadband to Low-Income Households For $9.99/Month [Deadline]