Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Closing The Divide

    Uploaded by

    api-480249937
    11 views1 page
    Internet Essentials by Comcast offers affordable high-speed internet and discounted computers for low-income families without contracts or commitments, connecting 8 million families and providing digital literacy training. Microsoft plans to use unused television channels, or "white spaces", to transmit broadband internet to isolated rural areas, allowing those without internet access to overcome barriers through a technology that can transmit over long distances and through obstacles. Closing the digital divide aims to offer super affordable internet and computers to those currently without access through programs like Internet Essentials and the use of white spaces broadband transmission.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    closing the divide

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Internet Essentials by Comcast offers affordable high-speed internet and discounted computers for low-income families without contracts or commitments, connecting 8 million families and providing digital literacy training. Microsoft plans to use unused television channels, or "white spaces", to transmit broadband internet to isolated rural areas, allowing those without internet access to overcome barriers through a technology that can transmit over long distances and through obstacles. Closing the digital divide aims to offer super affordable internet and computers to those currently without access through programs like Internet Essentials and the use of white spaces broadband transmission.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    11 views1 page

    Closing The Divide

    Uploaded by

    api-480249937
    Internet Essentials by Comcast offers affordable high-speed internet and discounted computers for low-income families without contracts or commitments, connecting 8 million families and providing digital literacy training. Microsoft plans to use unused television channels, or "white spaces", to transmit broadband internet to isolated rural areas, allowing those without internet access to overcome barriers through a technology that can transmit over long distances and through obstacles. Closing the digital divide aims to offer super affordable internet and computers to those currently without access through programs like Internet Essentials and the use of white spaces broadband transmission.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 1

    Closing the Divide

    Internet Essentials
    Internet Essentials is a program by Comcast that offers affordable high-speed internet and
    discounted computers for those who need it. They also offer free training and digital literacy
    training. They have been able to connect 8 million low-income families and do not require any
    contracts or commitment. This program can help close the digital divide gap by offering super
    affordable internet and computers to those without access.
    White Spaces
    Microsoft has come out with a plan to use “white spaces” or unused channels between television
    broadcasts to offer broadband internet to those who in is isolated rural areas. These white spaces
    use “low-powered television channels to cover long distances and can penetrate obstacles like
    concrete walls”. This technology will break barriers of digital divide by allowing those in rural
    internet-less communities access to broadband internet.

    You might also like