Plus, the Colorado Broadband Deployment Board distributes a historic amount of funding; the New York Digital Inclusion Fund announces five innovation grants; a new program offers broadband support training for communities; and more.
For the north country, as large and rural as it is, telehealth has become a valuable tool to providers and patients alike, and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials in Albany this morning announced nearly a half-million dollars in funding to support digital literacy efforts and provide more young people with internet access.
Plus, a report details the digital divide in St. Louis, Mo.; a new initiative aims to invest $100 million to fix digital equity in Miami; and a survey finds that as many as 1 million Kansas residents lack Internet.