An assistance program exists to help qualified individuals who will be or possibly have acquired broadband internet service to their home. The Emergency
Rep. Jason Kropf was a deputy district attorney when he ran for the seat held by Republican restaurant owner Cheri Helt last year. Kropf never disclosed $45,000 he got from the statewide teachers union.
Can Elon Musk close the digital divide?
His Starlink satellites are bringing faster Internet service to places that lack it, including parts of Western Massachusetts
By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,Updated May 9, 2021, 3:59 p.m.
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When COVID-19 ravaged New York City, Mark Lipton fled his apartment for the relative safety of a farm he owns in a remote corner of Western Massachusetts. But Lipton, a professor of management at the Parsons School of Design, couldnât bring along his big-city broadband service. Instead, he found himself trying to conduct his classes remotely over a sluggish, obsolete DSL connection.
Going back a decade or so, fraudulent sellers of motor vehicle extended “warranties” took a time-out. That’s because a big player on this stage, U.S. Fidelis, went broke and its owners, brothers Cory and Darien Atkinson, went to prison. Before its collapse, U.S. Fidelis had made something like 1 billion robocalls in a single ten-month period hawking its products.
But robocalls (and postcards) by companies warning vehicle owners that their manufacturer’s warranty is expiring, and they need to act FAST to protect themselves against costly repairs, are again on the rise. (At the Federal Communications Commission, robocalls of this ilk took top prize in 2020 for the most number of complaints.) So, what’s the truth here? After all, manufacturer’s warranties do expire and vehicle repairs can be budget busting.
FARMINGTON When the coronavirus pandemic forced a majority of residents on the Navajo Nation to rely on the internet for work and school, it revealed the digital gap.
COVID-19 called attention to deficiencies in infrastructure and in high-speed internet service within the Navajo Nation, tribal President Jonathan Nez said during a roundtable discussion on May 6 with federal and state officials.
The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles, roughly equal to the size of West Virginia, and its vastness and terrain are among the obstacles to expansion of broadband access, Nez explained to the panel. The lack of electrical infrastructure, the existence of many dark zones with no cellular service, the lack of fiber and few broadband service providers all lead to limited and expensive broadband services for our households, schools, businesses, government offices and health care facilities, he said.