A public-private partnership will expand broadband access in Orange County. $10 million in federal funds will be used, and NorthState will invest as well.
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Cisco has opened the Rural Broadband Innovation Center “to connect the unconnected” through the latest advances in technology. Here’s the latest.
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As part of North Carolina Digital Inclusion Week, the state’s chief information officer Thomas Parrish has declared today as “Device Day,” challenging local businesses to donate their surplus computers to two nonprofits.
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Though it existed before the pandemic, the state’s digital divide is in the spotlight as the reliance on connectivity dramatically increases. Local policymakers and organizations are working to create digital inclusion for those who do not have access to the Internet or devices and bridge the widening divide.
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Applications for this 2020 Special Supplementary Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant round will open today and be accepted through October 14.
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The winning projects are expected to connect 8,017 families and 254 businesses, farms and community institutions to high-speed internet.
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The digital divide has been emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic as the world shifts to an even heavier reliance on connectivity. The Institute for Emerging Issues is launching a grant to help foster digital inclusion and make sure that communities aren’t getting left behind.
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Roughly 3 million students across the United States don’t have access to a home internet connection. A third of households with school-age children that do not have home internet cite the expense as the main reason, according to federal Education Department statistics.
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In the midst of COVID-19, people across the country have been forced to pivot to virtual work and school settings. As the reliance on Internet access and technology grows, the digital divide has become a nationwide issue and has shown a light on an ever-present problem in North Carolina.
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