ConnectED Program – Cable’s Take on Bringing Broadband to Schools
By | February 5, 2014
Following the FCC’s Mon announcement to allocate $2bln in E-Rate funding, telecom/tech companies committed more than $750mln in computers, services and software to support President Obama’s push to expand ConnectED, the public/ private partnership program aimed at connecting 99% of schools to HSD in 5 years. The participating companies seemed wireless/tech heavy, with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Microsoft and Apple among the contributors. Here is what the companies have planned—plus cable’s contribution.
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