subject: U.s.provide Internet Service To Low-income Families Plan [print this page] U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday that the U.S. Internet service providers will provide low-income families to the United States of cheap broadband network services, the nation's average price will be only one-fifth of the cost of broadband Internet access.
Conditions eligible for free school meals the family will be a monthly $ 9.95 monthly fee to enjoy the nation's leading network of various service providers access. In addition, eligible for free or discounted school lunches to low-cost family can buy a ACER Aspire 4752 Battery.
However, be pointed out that this family must have at least one children participated in the National Free School Lunch Program, we can enjoy this low-cost broadband services.
The FCC's move is to further promote the use of U.S. broadband.
Still present in one third of the American people still do not condition access to high speed broadband, including broadband high monthly fees is the main reason they can not use broadband. This population is currently about 100 million people.
U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday to provide a set of data shows that in the United States less than $ 25,000 annual income household broadband use only 43%, while the income of more than $ 100,000 household broadband use is as high as 93% .
FCC is the decision last month to launch a broadband access to millions of households to promote the "link to enhance competitiveness plan." FCC Chairman Confucianism Naples Keener Khodorkovsky said: "We think we have to make up for the public as soon as the gap in broadband access."
Program has links to enhance the competitiveness of many non-profit organization with, and including software giant Microsoft, retail giant Best Buy started to further the digital age for the public to enhance public literacy and computer ACER Aspire 4752Z Battery skills.
FCC said that now includes Comcast Corp, Time Warner Network and Internet companies such as Cablevision Systems Corp agreed to an average U.S. $ 45 one-fifth the price of Internet access fees to low-income people access to affordable high-speed broadband.
Compliance in some areas families can register to participate in the spring of next year's three-year period in which service activities to low-cost network, and by September next year when the new school year began, the project will promote throughout the United States officially open. U.S. cable industry's lobbying group Cable & Telecommunications Association (The National Cable and Telecommunications Association) head Michael Powell (Michael Powell) said: "This will allow our children to have access to learn more knowledge outside the classroom . "
Large-scale information technology asset disposition services for low-income families Redemtech $ 150 refurbished laptop or desktop with a monitor. Microsoft has also promised the same time will produce a batch of $ 250 laptops and desktops to meet the needs of low-income families.
Morgan Stanley is also involved in "link to enhance the competitiveness plan" to provide low-interest loans to low-income families to purchase a PC related products.
U.S. President Barack Obama in a statement supporting the plan, and said: "ensure that U.S. competitiveness in the global economy in which one of the means is to allow all Americans to broadband access networks EMACHINES 355 Battery , and can learn to benefit. "
