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"e-Rate: 10 Years of Connecting Kids and Community" indicates that e-Rate-supported connectivity now allows 100 percent of public libraries to provide free internet access to communities, and it credits the e-Rate with increasing the number of public-school classrooms with internet access from 14 percent in 1996 to 95 percent in 2005. However, the report notes there is still work to be done. -
1voteThe Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act would block minors from using public computers to view social-networking sites. But the act's definition of social networking is awfully vague: Any site that "permits registered users to create an online profile that includes detailed personal information" or "enables communication among users" appears to be a candidate for blocking. By those standards, Web sites like Wikipedia and even Amazon would seem to be in danger.
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This article provides a nice summary of the origins & political history of net neutrality. -
1voteWhether rich or poor or somewhere in between, schools throughout the state now have access to the Connecticut Education Network, which was completed in September. It connects schools and colleges by providing high-speed access, much faster than home broadband, through fiber optic cable.
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