Delivering Computer Packages to Roane County Students

ROANEnet (roanenet.org), a non-profit 501(c)(3) advocate for affordable, robust and reliable high-speed internet access, equitable availability of digital devices and digital literacy skills training delivered our first refurbished computer package to a deserving young student. Today, Savanna Dandron, a 2nd grader at Bowers Elementary, is receiving her free “new” computer package complete with a desktop computer, mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, […]

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How to Bridge the Broadband Gap: A Conversation with State Leaders

New research identifies promising practices for expanding access to high-speed, reliable internet Though access to high-speed, reliable internet is an increasingly critical tool for modern American life, the Federal Communications Commission estimates that at least 21 million Americans still lack broadband access. Other counts suggest this number could be as high as 162 million. Although much of the conversation about […]

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AT&T Access Program Obligation expires April 22, 2020

ROANEnet has heard from our partner, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) that the AT&T Access program created under the terms of AT&T’s 2016 agreement with the FCC in the DirectTV merger will formally be not required to be provided after April 22, 2020. The AT&T Access program provides wireline internet service at “best efforts” download speeds up to 10 Mbps, […]

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Senior Citizen Digital Literacy Classes

ROANEnet (roanenet.org), a non-profit 501(c)(3) advocate for affordable, robust and reliable high-speed internet access, equitable availability of digital devices and digital literacy skills training is conducting Digital Literacy classes at local senior citizens venues. We provide a Fire Table for each student for use during the training. Those who participate in our training can then purchase the Amazon Fire HD8 […]

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