Mwendwa Thanks for sharing. Maybe that’s what we need to do for the Universal Access Fund.. Thanks & Regards Ali Hussein ali@hussein.me.ke +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: Abu-Jomo LinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
On Mar 10, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Here are the sort of policy interventions developed countries are making to take affordable Internet to the masses.
The Federal Communications Commission released a plan Tuesday to overhaul its low-income subsidy program Lifeline to include broadband internet, marking a new effort to close the digital divide for the millions of Americans who still don’t have a home internet connection.
The proposal calls for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for broadband services, the first extension into internet for Lifeline, a $1.5 billion program created in 1985 subsidizing telephone services for low-income Americans that was last updated in 2005 to cover mobile phones.
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