Tackling the Digital Divide in one of America's least digitally connected cities
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In 2019, it was estimated that Detroit was the least connected city in the U.S. with greater than 100,000 households.* On this episode of Connected Nation, we take you to a special event held in the heart of Detroit that’s getting the city one step closer to changing that statistic for good.
Related links:
eero
Nonprofit partners: Digitunity | Human I-T | E2D | National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)
Michigan High-speed Internet Office - main page | MIchigan digital equity resources & MITTEN grant program
More details:
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2019 American Community Survey*
Chapters
1. Tackling the Digital Divide in one of America's least digitally connected cities (00:00:00)
2. All about eero, an Amazon Company (00:01:29)
3. What eero does (00:02:40)
4. How Human I-T helps Detroit (00:07:34)
5. What you should know about Detroit (00:08:28)
6. Why you need partners - nonprofit, for profit, public, privat (00:11:26)
7. This is how it's helping people (00:12:50)
8. The partnership between eero & Connected Nation (00:19:36)
9. The work happening at the state level (00:28:15)
10. All about the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (00:30:00)
11. The MITTEN grant program for digital equity (00:33:00)
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