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Creating better economic & life opportunities by expanding access, adoption, & use of broadband.
Connected Texas is an independent, public & private initiative working to ensure that all can experience the benefits of broadband. Technology, especially widespread access, use, and adoption of broadband, improves all areas of life. Connected Texas invites you to join us in changing communities and lives across Texas.
Connected Texas recently worked with local stakeholders to identify actionable ways to create positive change in rural communities.
You can find the full report as well as a Texas Broadband Funding Guide on our policy page.
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Learn more about the ways we’ve been working to close the Digital Divide and where we’re already having an impact.
Moving the Needle: Closing the Internet Access Gap Among African Americans
February 19, 2019Black History Maker in Technology: James Edward West
February 14, 2019Dept. of Interior Launches New Effort to Facilitate Broadband Development in Rural America
February 14, 2019Meet the Man Who is Expanding Digital Inclusion to Communities of Color
February 12, 2019Keep Up With Us
Lawmakers Seek Options To Boost Rural Broadband Connectivity in Georgia #ConnectedNation
Here's how they hope to create positive change: https://t.co/JmnCuZiORR
"24 million Americans still don’t have access to broadband service, and millions more only have two options for service. In rural areas, download speeds are barely better than dial up.”
What else a recent study shows about access. #ConnectedNation https://t.co/ARnqMiwbNS
Moving the Needle: Closing the Internet Access Gap Among African Americans
#ConnectedNation's Director of Research Development looks at how far we've come and how much more we need to do to be a digital diverse and inclusive country. Everyone belongs.
https://t.co/gzukd4JcRa
Black History Maker in Technology: James Edward West
Meet the man who improved everything from cell phones to music. Here's how: #BlackHistoryMonth
Black History Maker in Technology: James Edward West
(February 14, 2019) - If you've recently made a call on your cell phone or listened to a great song, you should probably thank James Edward West. He d...
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Dept. of Interior @Interior launches a new effort to facilitate #broadband development in rural America. The presidential @realDonaldTrump memorandum that spurred this effort: https://t.co/RTzEDIpNfz
