Broadband/Hardware

One Economy helps people and communities connect to the Internet. We work with affordable housing owners, nonprofit organizations, municipalities and technology companies. We provide consulting services for cities and communities, wireless network installations, and affordable wireless hardware.

One Economy has worked with more than 50 communities around the world to build Digital Inclusion programs to insure the benefits of technology are extended to low-income people. Through the work of One Economy, more than 300,000 Americans have broadband Internet access.

One Economy Leverages our national relationships to bring technology to underserved markets. For example:

• Through the National Equity Fund, we offer a resource to pay for computers, training, and 5 years of Internet access for new affordable housing developments.
• In partnership with AT&T, we will provide two free years of Internet access to 50,000 low-income Americans by 2010.
  
• Through the California Emerging Technology Fund we will connect over 30,000 low-income California residents in the next three years.

The results of a comprehensive technology deployment touch every part of a community. In Greene County, North Carolina, for example, residents saw an increase in SAT scores, business and job opportunities, and the number of high school seniors applying to college.