August 20, 2009

Policy @ Intel blog

The application window for first round broadband stimulus funding closes today for NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Last week, Intel joined the national non-profit Connected Nation and a host of fellow technology companies, including Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Velocity Micro, and ZT Systems, to apply for BTOP’s Sustainable Broadband Adoption funding for Every Citizen Online SM.

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August 18, 2009
The Daily Tell

By Jenna Weiner

President Barack Obama has made it a national priority to offer broadband internet to homes across the country, authorizing a portion of the federal stimulus package to accomplish this goal.

In the pursuit of this aim, Intel, Dell and Fujitsu recently announced a partnership with nonprofit organization Connected Nation to offer deeply discounted computers and broadband internet access to low-income and unconnected households across the country.

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August 19, 2009
Cherokeean Hearld

Connected Nation, a national nonprofit, is joining with technology stalwarts Intel, Fujitsu, Velocity Micro, and ZT Systems to establish Every Citizen Online (SM), a public-private partnership program to enable computer ownership and broadband use in low-income and unconnected homes. The program will help vulnerable populations overcome top barriers to adoption: broadband awareness and training, computer ownership, and broadband affordability. In order to impact the most Americans, the partnership has submitted an application for Every Citizen OnlineSM to take advantage of Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) funding set aside for Sustainable Broadband Adoption as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

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August 14, 2009
TMCNet

By Gary Kim

Connected Nation is not the only organization that has concluded most barriers to use of broadband access now result from a variety of reasons unrelated to access availability. For that reason, it is seeking broadband stimulus funds to supply households with PCs, one of the major reasons people do not use broadband at home: they don't own computers.

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August 13, 2009
Dow Jones Newswire via The Wall Street Journal

By Fawn Johnson

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Intel Corp. (INTC), Dell Inc. (DELL), and Fujitsu Ltd. (FJTSY) are among the new partners with the nonprofit group Connected Nation to put computers and cheap Internet service into low-income homes, the parties announced Thursday.

The coalition of high-tech manufacturing companies and Connected Nation is on the verge of submitting a $24 million grant proposal to the government to cover some of the costs of the project.

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August 3, 2009
Texas Magazine

Last week Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced a partnership between the Texas Department of Agriculture and Connected Nation, a national nonprofit, to create a broadband initiative called Connect Texas and to develop a detailed broadband inventory map to better position Texas for competitive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The map, which will feature the information of participating broadband providers large and small, is expected to serve as a key asset for the state as it prepares for federal stimulus funding to support broadband investment. Link to article