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How will broadband affect burgeoning controversies over health care? The answers to this question and more came courtesy of a Broadband Cenus-hosted, hour-long panel discussion. View a video of the discussion. View Now




President Obama on Innovation and Sustainable Growth. President Barack Obama has new plans to strengthen the economy that will all favor people with hi-tech educations.
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Elevate Miami, a comprehensive Digital Inclusion program launched by the city of Miami, aims to serve youth, low-income families, minorities, seniors and residents facing barriers to digital inclusion.
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The Knight Center of Digital Excellence held its first Stimulus Webcast Session for Knight communities and program directors July 23. Watch it online now.
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By pushing hard on broadband, lawmakers hope to close the "digital divide" that has long separated rural America. In doing so, they hope to give rural consumers access to the same sorts of high-speed services and opportunities - think telemedicine, distance-learning and Web-based commerce - that city dwellers have enjoyed for years.
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Obama’s message: A lot of work lies ahead

President  Obama’s Tuesday night address to Congress and the nation touched on a lot of economic subjects, but made only one direct mention of broadband connectivity.

However, the three legs of the president’s economic plan – energy, health care and education – all will be inexorably tied to broadband. We have just begun to explore these avenues.

As the president reminded us last night, we are not quitters.

Keep coming back to Community Connection for developments in these and other related issues.

See the text of President Obama’s address here. 

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