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(TNS) — Four years ago, Claudia Aleman and her family had only one way to get online — through their cellphones. Without internet service on a computer, her youngest daughter couldn’t get homework ...

This past winter, one of us, Alister, was speaking with the daughter of an elderly patient at a community health center in Boston. Her mother had recently been admitted to a local hospital for ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing legislation to extend a federal program that provides financial assistance for internet access. The senator announced the Affordable Connectivity Program ...

The 23 million American households receiving government financial assistance for their monthly internet bills could soon be on their own—and many may lose access to home internet—as an almost ...

In 2020, when the pandemic had us confined to our homes, access to high-speed internet became a critical tool for all Americans. Whether needing reliable connectivity for school, health care, banking, ...

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Walter Prescher is a Methodist pastor in rural Texas who served three Army tours in Iraq. He’s also a father of 12 children, with nine still at home. And he’s one of 23 million Americans who could ...

Today marks the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a landmark piece of US government legislation that aimed to make it easier for people to afford an internet connection in their homes. The ...

In a small office in Broussard, the phones are constantly ringing. The unlabeled home of Cajun Broadband sits on the edge of the fiber internet rollout in Louisiana, but the question staff members are ...

As another election year begins, we are sure to see plenty of political bickering, negative campaigning, and heated disagreement. But before we rush headlong into that maelstrom, Congress has an ...