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Singapore’s Internet Essentials (For the Poor): $4.37/Month for 100Mbps Fiber to the Home + Free Tablet

Phillip Dampier April 13, 2015 Broadband Speed, Consumer News, Public Policy & Gov't 2 Comments

ida-logoWhile Comcast charges $9.95 a month for 5/1Mbps Internet access for the poor with school-age children, a Singapore ISP charges less than half that amount for 100/100Mbps fiber to the home broadband that includes a free tablet for the income-challenged.

Asia One reports the Home Access Programme was developed to fill a gap created by another program targeting homes with school children. While the NEU PC Bundle Programme provides poor homes with school age children a brand new computer, free software, and free Internet service for three years, the Home Access Programme provides affordable Internet access for childless households earning less than $1383US a month.

Qualifying customers will receive M1’s 100Mbps fiber broadband service, a free Internet router and a 7-inch Alcatel tablet for $4.37US/mo over a two-year contract.

“In Singapore, no one should be left behind by the march of technology,” said Jacqueline Poh, Managing Director of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. “IT usage often begins at home, so the Home Access programme will help lower-income households without Internet access to get connected to high-speed fibre broadband. Whether it is for video conferencing, surfing the Internet or simply maintaining contact with family and friends on social media, these Digital Inclusion initiatives are designed to help all groups to live, learn, play and feel included in a digitally connected Smart Nation.”

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Brandon
Brandon
9 years ago

It is amazing how countries as Small as Singapore have this amazing service and they call it a service for the poor. It just goes to show how money grubbing our internet service providers are. They have huge budgets they could easily give a 1gbps to every household in the United States and have money left over. They would have the money back by the end of the next year but they still feel that they shouldn’t upgrade. The same service would be 60$ per month now.

Baxter
Baxter
9 years ago
Reply to  Brandon

thats the same with expansion, they could do it but they want government (our tax money) to build it out and then charge people a arm and a leg and never pay it back.. this system is so f’d up we shouldn’t be paying companies threw the government to expand and then that money not returned to the government over financing or something along those lines

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