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Congratulations to portfolio company Neighborly, which recently announced its Networks Accelerator to expand community broadband access across the US. According to the FCC, 6 percent of Americans still lack access to fixed broadband service.
In every single state, some portion of the population does not have access to broadband, and some residents have no Internet access at all. Even with significant federal and state subsidies in recent decades, incumbent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have failed to provide equitable and affordable broadband access. “For too long, we’ve operated in this sub-optimal status quo; for too long, residents in communities across the country have been disconnected from access to information and cut-off from economic opportunity,” said Neighborly Founder and CEO, Jase Wilson. “We believe communities can and should own their own broadband networks and we want to bring together all the experts and services they need to make their broadband ambitions a reality.”
https://neighborly.com/learn/community-broadband-accelerator
