Stories tagged: "broadband"
More than a million Michigan households could qualify for free Wi-Fi. Here’s how.
The project will allow the state to more effectively spend the more than $100 million in federal funds coming Michigan’s way to expand access to high-speed internet. More than 1.2 million Michigan households currently lack a permanent fixed broadband connection at home.
Michigan has the opportunity to get internet access to isolated parts of the state. But the project has been on the back burner. Libraries are stepping in to fill the gap.
The Michigan Infrastructure Office will oversee more than $10 billion in federal infrastructure investments in the state.
A new infrastructure bill from Washington means “shovels in the ground” for Michigan projects that will lead to better roads, hospitals, and internet access.
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Some 400,000 rural households lack broadband internet in Michigan, creating a digital divide that harms their educational, economic, and interpersonal lives. Here is the plan to fix that.
Michiganders kept in the internet's slow lane due to access or affordability concerns now have a state office designed to help overcome those roadblocks.
