Not exact matches
This year, Rogers is kicking things off with «Connected for Success,» a pilot
project that will give some of the most disadvantaged residents of Toronto
access to cheap
broadband.
According to the governor's office, between the new
projects and updates by Charter Communications (our parent company) is carrying out, 98 percent of the state will have
access to
broadband.
In Round III, 43 awarded
projects will address unserved territories, approximately 7,544 miles of
broadband infrastructure will be deployed, and residents and companies in eight regions across New York will have
access to new economic opportunities.
He also signaled he'll unveil proposals to boost the state's minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in staggered steps over about six years, address homelessness in New York City, double the money earmarked for environmental protection
projects and expand
broadband access to the Internet.
But officials from President Barack Obama's transition team were given copies of the report, and it echoes the reasoning behind several of Obama's initiatives, such as increasing the scope of
broadband Internet
access and funding an Advanced Research
Projects Agency within the Department of Energy.
Schools can also stay updated on network solutions and best practices to support
broadband access by participating in the Education Superhighway
project.
ECS urges caution, however, citing students» need for face - to - face interactions with teachers,
broadband limitations, limited
access to student support services and a lack of opportunity for collaborative
projects.
Finally, even if the FCC can't stipulate what type of awesome
broadband access we will receive, it is still planning to tell us what type of possibly - less - awesome
broadband access we are actually getting, as Dave Vorhaus of BlogBand writes in announcing a third - party
project to collect information on actual ISP performance (as opposed to what the advertising materials say when you sign up).