Syracuse aims to expand affordable broadband program
The city of Syracuse is looking to close the digital divide by expanding its community broadband program.
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The city of Syracuse is looking to close the digital divide by expanding its community broadband program.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Enrollment has started for the City of Syracuse’s pilot program to provide free broadband-internet access to 2,500 households.
Mayor Ben Walsh and the Syracuse Housing Authority jointly announced the new program, which aims to expand digital access across Syracuse.
The upstate New York city is now offering free, high-speed and secure Internet service for hundreds of low-income residents. The city used $3.5 million in federal funding to develop the wireless network in many of the city’s least connected areas.