Digital Divide

Comcast Offers RISE Funding To Racially, Ethnically Diverse Women-Owned Small Businesses

PLYMOUTH - Comcast Corporation has expanded its Comcast RISE program to all women-owned businesses nationwide, furthering its efforts to advance digital equity and help provide underrepresented small business owners with access to the digital tools and funding they need to thrive.    Comcast RISE, which just celebrated its one-year anniversary last November, remains open to racially and ethnically diverse

By |2022-02-21T15:06:12-05:00February 21st, 2022|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

123NET Launches Project OVERCOME To Bridge Digital Divide In Detroit

ANN ARBOR - Dan Irvin explains how his company, 123NET, has partnered with the Detroit Community Technology Project and Grace in Action Collectives to bring high-speed, low-cost internet to an underserved Detroit neighborhood as part of the Equitable Internet Initiative in an undertaking known as Project OVERCOME. The one-year project aims to create long-term sustainable

By |2022-01-25T16:17:39-05:00January 25th, 2022|IoT, mitechtv|

Project OVERCOME: Helping Close Detroit’s Digital Divide

SOUTHFIELD - 123NET has partnered with the Detroit Community Technology Project and Grace in Action Collectives to bring high-speed, low-cost internet to an underserved Detroit neighborhood as part of the Equitable Internet Initiative in an undertaking known as Project OVERCOME. The one-year project aims to create long-term sustainable infrastructure for digital services to a neighborhood

By |2022-01-15T14:17:07-05:00January 14th, 2022|IoT|

Michigan Launches Online Map Of Free Wi-Fi Hotspots For Those Lacking Broadband

LANSING - The State of Michigan, in partnership with the Connected Nation Michigan, released a statewide Wi-Fi hotspot map today to assist residents who currently lack internet access at home.     The COVID-19 pandemic and transition to remote and distance learning has only increased the need for residents and students to have easy access to broadband

By |2020-06-13T14:25:18-04:00June 13th, 2020|Featured|

Connect Michigan Launches New Website To Battle Digital Divide

LANSING — Connect Michigan, the nonprofit dedicated to bringing high-speed internet and related technologies to all people in Michigan, has launched a new website. Erick Frederick The organization, a subsidiary of Bowling Green, Ky.-based Connected Nation, says the new site features community resources, broadband data and solutions, and a look at the action plans so

By |2018-05-07T21:00:12-04:00May 2nd, 2018|ESD|