The ConnectHome pilot project will help bring high-speed Internet access to some 275,000 low-income households in 27 cities and in a tribal nation. In a continuing effort to bring broadband Internet capabilities to more low-income families in the United States, the White House has announced a new ConnectHome pilot project that will be conducted in 27 cities to expand the promise and potential of no-charge or low-cost Internet connectivity to some 275,000 households. Under the new program, some 200,000 children who don't presently have high-speed Internet in their homes for their schoolwork will gain free access through a coalition of Internet Service Providers, non-profits and private companies that will provide the services and training, according to a July 15 White House announcement. President Barack Obama traveled to Durant, Okla., to unveil ConnectHome. The pilot project will also include the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. In a speech to the Choctaw Nation, where one-third of the community's children live in poverty, Obama said that only by having equal access to broadband can every American have an equal chance at being successful in their lives and work, according to a July 16 article in The New York Times. "If we don't get these young people the access to what they need to achieve their potential, then it's our loss; it's not just their loss," Obama said, according to the report. "They've got big dreams. We've got to have an interest in making sure they can achieve those dreams." Read more http://www.eweek.com/mobile/u.s.-expands-free-broadband-program-for-low-income-users.html
