Tag Archives: low cost Internet

Recently, California farmer Craig Thompson got a pretty nifty upgrade for his irrigation: a broadband-connected Hydrawise control system that would automatically manage and monitor the irrigation of his olive and grape fields and collect data to alert him if…

  Fatema Kothari is the Vice President for San Francisco Bay Area ISOC organization. Here she writes about a recent industry event she spoke at, emphasizing the need to build people-centric connectivity solutions.   Last week, I had the…

This excellent Washington Post article, “Disconnected”, highlights the importance of the Internet for today’s young people, the ‘most digitally defined generation in human history‘, and how their lives are impacted when they are unable to afford access. “The Pew…