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Confusion over eligibility for Project Stratum plans Premises on the same street are reporting inconsistencies in eligibility for the broadband scheme. Concerns have been raised over inconsistencies in the roll out of Project Stratum. Reporter: ); ); A council report seen by the County Derry Post has indicated over 300 premises initially eligible for a broadband upgrade scheme will not now be part of the roll-out. In January 2019, the Department for Economy (DfE) compiled a list of postcodes containing premises eligible for development under the £165 million improvement scheme, known as Project Stratum. Premises on the white postcode list compiled by DfE had no qualifying broadband infrastructure and were in areas where none was likely to be developed within three years. ....
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) The so-called digital divide in the U.S. has become all the more glaring over the course of the current pandemic. A new bill could help close the gap. Advertisement Enter the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, a new bill that was spearheaded by Democrats Rep. James Clyburn, of South Carolina, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and rolled out on Thursday morning. As its name suggests, the bill seeks to bring affordable, high-speed internet connections to the tens of millions of people that lack it, and lends a hand to those that need extra help affording their monthly internet bills. The full cost to get the program up and running? A little over $94 billion. ....