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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFree Broadband for Public Housing in New York Sought as Condition in Comcast Deal
Free Broadband for Public Housing in New York Sought as Condition in Comcast DealBy EMILY STEEL at the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/nyregion/free-broadband-for-public-housing-in-new-york-sought-as-condition-in-comcast-deal.html?smid=re-share
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A group of New York politicians is lobbying Comcast to provide free broadband to all city public housing residents and expand other low-cost Internet offerings as a condition for the cable operators proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.
Led by New York Citys public advocate, Letitia James, and City Councilman Ben Kallos, the group of state and local politicians is calling on Comcast to help bridge the so-called digital divide between people who have access to broadband connections and those who do not. About a third of New York City families do not have broadband, according to the Knight Foundation.
With every second we wait, the digital divide is widening, Mr. Kallos said. What we have with the Internet is literally a portal to the worlds knowledge. One third of our city cant get on the Internet and cant learn whatever, whenever they want.
The group also is asking that Comcast provide free broadband access at senior, youth and community centers as well as in homeless and domestic violence shelters. Also on the list of conditions is free Wi-Fi service in all city public parks and commitments to provide faster speeds. It also is seeking agreements from Comcast to operate under net neutrality, the idea that all Internet content should be treated equally as it flows from content providers to consumers and back.
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Free Broadband for Public Housing in New York Sought as Condition in Comcast Deal (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2014
OP
Their 1 city wants special privileges for what is a multi-national merger?
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#3
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Sounds reasonable
At first I thought it was individual homes, but they mean various public areas which most places have anyway. This is just evening the playing field which I support.
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)2. NO ...
from elsewhere.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. Their 1 city wants special privileges for what is a multi-national merger?
To hell with the rest of us, I suppose.