Advocates for broadband expansion across the country say the Lone Star State’s connectivity will soon improve, thanks to funding allocated in President Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

On Academic Minute, Carl J. Sheperis, professor of mental health counseling at Texas A&M University San Antonio, examines how to give everyone comparable access to the internet.

Despite the city being the home of the South by Southwest interactive media festival, some of Austin's most vulnerable populations still lack digital literacy, internet access and digital exposure.

Zyter and Qualcomm are partnering to provide a fixed wireless broadband network called the “Planted Circle” in underserved communities of Dallas County to improve accessibility to education, healthcare, emergency services, businesses and more. Funding for the project is provided by CircleGx.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill in late September that would create a $40 billion program to give funding to states for projects to increase broadband access.

In Governor Greg Abbott's February 2021 State of the State address he clearly articulated that “broadband access is not luxury, it is an essential tool that must be available for all Texans.”

For rural families who lack reliable, high-speed internet, Zoom-style instruction is a luxury.

Although much of the attention is focused in the lack of infrastructure in rural areas, large numbers of urban residents also don't have broadband subscriptions.

More than 2 million Texas households don’t have high-speed internet.

Tips to maximize support and funding for your library’s digital inclusion goals

These days, technology is a root cause of economic inequality. It can also be a crucial solution.

With the shift to remote learning, colleges find solutions to reduce technology and digital literacy gaps.

A $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure package the House cleared Friday includes a record $2.75 billion in state grants to help millions of Americans access and use technology—a great start, advocates say, but more is needed.

The so-called 'digital divide' refers to the gap between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who don't.

A national nonprofit backed by Silicon Valley luminaries is proposing to set up free WiFi in apartment buildings as one solution to an intractable problem — ensuring those who have access to the internet can actually afford it.

The pandemic has exposed four important demand drivers at the intersection of vital consumer, business, and societal functions.

A new website launched by a collaboration of technology experts, STEP CG and Cradlepoint, is providing information and educational resources to help K-12 schools ensure their students have access to the technology they need to succeed.

The digital divide -- the gap in broadband access between rich and poor, urban and rural -- is one of America’s most persistent problems.

Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut, installs internet routers outside of three branch locations to ease the local digital divide.

The 2020 Public Library Technology Survey report provides the most current and complete picture of how libraries serve as digital equity hubs.

EDUCAUSE is working with representatives from across the research and education network (REN) community to highlight the importance of closing the institutional digital divide.

NTIA map links poverty usage and broadband access by compiling data sets to show where high-poverty communities are located with relation to internet usage patterns and access to computers and related equipment