San Jose’s ‘Digital Inclusion Fund’ to bring internet to 50,000 homes

StateScoop: San Jose, California, plans to provide high-speed internet to 50,000 households and 95,000 residents within the next 10 years through the creation of an estimated $24 million “Digital Inclusion Fund,” Mayor Sam Liccardo announced this week.

The fund, which Liccardo said will be the largest of its kind in the nation, will be supported through the fees the city charges wireless providers to install small cell technology on light poles in the city.

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