Public-private initiatives involving San Antonio, Bexar County, AT&T and Spectrum to increase internet access are ramping up, according to SA Digital Connects.
Efforts to ensure that San Antonio -area residents have reliable internet access are making progress, but much work remains before a federal internet subsidy for thousands of residents expires.
million Texas households are set to lose monthly internet subsidy On Thursday, the agency got a new partner when Compudopt, a national nonprofit working to close the digital divide, in collaboration with Methodist Healthcare Ministries, launched in San Antonio at an event at the Frost Bank Center, where it gave free laptop computers to 300 families.
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