The first Connect2Compete pilot program is being launched in San...
The first Connect2Compete pilot program is being launched in San Diego County, Calif., offering 39,000 families there “high-speed Internet service and high-powered computers at dramatically discounted prices,” FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Thursday at the county’s Horace Mann Middle School.…
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C2C is backed by 14 cable operators, including Comcast, whose Internet Essentials service for the poor was introduced by the company after it was made an FCC condition of buying control of NBCUniversal last year (CD Feb 14 p10). Genachowski’s remarks touched on two of his favorite themes, broadband and public-private partnerships. “Broadband can be the great equalizer -- giving every American with an Internet connection access to a world of new opportunities that might previously have been beyond their reach,” he said. “But roughly 100 million Americans are being bypassed by the broadband revolution. About 68 percent of Americans are connected at home. Compare that to South Korea and Singapore where adoption rates top 90 percent.” Those eligible for the pilot program can get broadband at $9.95 per month, plus tax and receive a laptop or desktop computer with LCD monitor for $150 plus tax.