Obama Extending Broadband Internet Access to Public Housing Residents

[nuhuh]

While these folks get on their knees and worship their cable companies, service equal to what we have in the U.S. is available for $6.00 a month in the U.K. The idea is to have cheaper internet access so that we can find work, opportunity and communicate more easily, not more expensively. So while people like Stephanie cry about it this is an overall advancement for our society.

 

[Stephanie]

we should just dissolve Congress. I don't know what the fxxk we are paying them for. these Government agencies can now make their own rules and spend our monies however they feel like. WHY do we need to pay these worthless people in congress

 

[Little-Acorn]

Obama Extending Broadband Internet Access to Public Housing Residents


Let me guess:

Those of us who work for a living, are paying for it, even though we get nothing for it.

Right?

 

[Stephanie]

Obama Extending Broadband Internet Access to Public Housing Residents


Let me guess:

Those of us who work for a living, are paying for it, even though we get nothing for it.

Right?

of course. the cable companies are involved. guess who will end up paying higher cable bills. THEY don't do anything for FREE.

 

[nuhuh]

we should just dissolve Congress. I don't know what the fxxk we are paying them for. these Government agencies can now make their own rules and spend our monies however they feel like. WHY do we need to pay these worthless people in congress

You can't even repeal Obamacare and you think you can dissolve congress? Go take a nap.

 

[Stephanie]

the Democrat party and BIG BUSINESS are in bed together

how sweet is that eh?

First he gave Insurance companies OscamCare, now the Cable companies.

but don't tell his base that. they say it's those evil Republicans that are

 

[The VOR]

I don't why the rest of us bothers working and struggles to pay for our own shit.

LOL. You stupid, uneducated, ignorant trailer park twat. You've be sucking on the government tit your entire life.

 

[idb]

the Democrat party and BIG BUSINESS are in bed together

how sweet is that eh?

First he gave Insurance companies OscamCare, now the Cable companies.

but don't tell his base that. they say it's those evil Republicans that are

I thought the Democrats hated business and wanted to turn the US into a communist paradise with Obama as dictator for life...or something.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I don't have a problem with this.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

First, the OP doesn't work and pay for anything. She has said she lives off of welfare, food stamps, Medicaid and that disgusting free cheese.

Second, how in the world could anyone object to AFFORDABLE internet access.

OTOH, you're the same yahoos who want the Repubs to control your own internet access.

 

[DrDoomNGloom]

You think your Cable bills are high now. get ready. just like OscamCare Premiums are going sky high.

and the ones it's hurting: the middle class

Who cares about the white privileged middle class. Bastards need to pay their share, having enjoyed their "free" ride on the cracker express for so long while their black compatriots suffered the tribulations of poverty hell.

OMG tallk about a little butthurt niga boy ......................

 

[amrchaos]

I don't why the rest of us bothers working and struggles to pay for our own shit. FIRST; OscamCare now Obamanet. he's just so generous. probably have a sign on it that's says: vote Democrat

SNIP:
Obama Extending Broadband Internet Access to Public Housing Residents
By Susan Jones | July 15, 2015 | 11:50 AM EDT

(CNSNews.com) - The information superhighway is heading straight into taxpayer-subsidized housing.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday announced an initiative to extend affordable broadband access to families living in HUD-assisted housing.

The project, launching in 27 cities and one tribal nation, is called ConnectHome. (President Obama planned to discuss ConnectHome later Wednesday at the Choctaw Indian reservation in Oklahoma.)

Internet Service Providers, non-profits and the private sector will arrange broadband access as well as technical training, digital literacy programs, and devices for residents in public housing units.

ALL of it here:
Obama Extending Broadband Internet Access to Public Housing Residents

What is wrong?
World nut daily too well known?

 

[SwimExpert]

Fer fuck's sake, you people got nothing better to complain about? The private sector is going to contribute $70 million to this project. The US govt. is contributing a paltry $50k.

 

[danielpalos]

Are there No Good Capitalists to be found in our Republic who can make money with a Commerce Clause and an official Mint.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Typical Progressive 47% "I got mine, Fuck you Middle Class"

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Fer fuck's sake, you people got nothing better to complain about? The private sector is going to contribute $70 million to this project. The US govt. is contributing a paltry $50k.

Who pays the monthly bills?

 

[Seawytch]

Luckily, it isn't free to the households

The US government has been actively seeking ways to connect more low-income households to the Web. In June, the Federal Communications Commission voted to advance a proposal that would allow qualifying households to use their $9.25-per-month Lifeline subsidy on either phone or broadband service.

and it's being subsidised by private firms

For its ConnectHome program, the US government is partnering with several organizations in the private and public sectors. Google Fiber, for instance, will provide free monthly home Internet service to select public housing communities in Atlanta, Durham, North Carolina, Kansas City, Missouri and Nashville. Another provider, CenturyLink, is offering broadband service to HUD households in Seattle for $9.95 for the first year, increasing that monthly rate to $14.95 in the next four years. Cox Communications and Sprint, among others, will also participate.

Other companies and organizations will offer add-on services. Big-box retailer Best Buy, for instance, will provide computer training and technical support to HUD residents. The James M. Cox Foundation, a not-for-profit associated with Internet service provider Cox Communications, will provide 1,500 tabletsat $30 each to students and their families in Macon, Georgia. The open-source project GitHub is offering $250,000 to help with "digital literacy," Public Broadcasting Service will produce new content for children and the American Library Association will provide on-site training.

Obama unveils ConnectHome to get low-income households online - CNET

What a generous initiative by those private companies.
Good on the government for pulling it all together.
A great example of the public and private sectors working together for the benefit of the community and country.

Well spotted Stephanie.

Thought I'd bump this since the rubes apparently missed it.

 

[SwimExpert]

Who pays the monthly bills?

Not us, don't worry.

In select markets, Sprint will offer free wireless broadband access to families with kids in public housing. In Seattle, CenturyLink Inc will provide broadband service for public housing residents for $9.95 a month for the first year.

Cox Communications Inc [COXC.UL] is offering home Internet for $9.95 a month to families with kids in school in four cities in Georgia, Louisiana and Connecticut.

Obama launches project for more broadband in public housing - Yahoo News

 

[Moonglow]

You keep sayin' he does nuttin' for his homies...

 

[koshergrl]

I suspect logging in consists of casting a Dem vote every single time.