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Cable companies to give Internet connections to libraries
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Cable companies to give Internet connections to libraries
Copyright =A9 1998 Nando.net
Copyright =A9 1998 The Associated Press=20
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WASHINGTON (September 30, 1998 2:44 p.m. EDT
http://www.nandotimes.com) --
The cable TV industry plans to provide public libraries with free,
high-speed connections to the Internet.
The goal is to wire all public libraries nationwide -- estimated at
14,000 to 15,000 -- National Cable Television Association
spokeswoman Torie Clarke said Wednesday. But she did not know how
many public libraries would be wired in the program's first year.
The program builds on a 2-year-old cable industry initiative to
provide the nation's schools with high-speed hookups to the Internet
for free. So far, more than 2,500 schools have been connected.
The cable industry plans to wire public libraries as local cable
companies roll out high-speed Internet and data services in their
service areas.
In addition to wiring the libraries, the cable industry will give
libraries powerful devices called cable modems that link personal
computers to cable TV lines. Cable modems can move text, voice and
pictures 50 to 100 times faster over cable TV lines than standard
telephone modems that send and receive information on personal
computers.
The NCTA estimated that by the end of 1999, high-speed cable
services will be available in about 700 cities. That's a nearly
tenfold increase from the 68 cities first targeted in 1996.
The American Library Association welcomed the cable industry's
initiative, saying it would help librarians get quick access to the
Internet's rich information sources.
The federal government, meanwhile, has a program to subsidize
Internet hookups for schools and libraries. Although millions have
been collected for the subsidies, no money has been disbursed.
The Internet program is paid for by fees the Federal Communications
Commission imposes on telecommunications companies, which pass them
on to customers.
In response to criticism, the FCC cut by nearly half, to $1.275
billion, the amount of money to be spent for the hookups this year.
By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer=20
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