1.3: Broadband Choices

Support more broadband choices citywide

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Building on a strong foundation of broadband access, education is key to the City's innovation potential, and ensures that New Yorkers are able to successfully leverage technology. Through game-changing City investments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, New Yorkers will benefit from schools and programs that equip them to learn and innovate in the technology ecosystem. Milestones that took place over the past year include: the historic announcement of the Cornell-Technion Innovation Institute on Roosevelt Island, the Academy for Software Engineering and the new NYU/NYU-Poly Center for Urban Science and Progress. The developments underscore Mayor Bloomberg's commitments to education and investment in a vibrant, skilled workforce that meets the demands of a growing technology industry.

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• Verizon: VERIZON FIOS To provide New Yorkers with more cable television broadband options, the City has partnered with Verizon to expand fiber optic internet service (FiOS) throughout the five boroughs. FiOS ensures greater competition among internet providers and gives New Yorkers more choices when it comes to picking a provider, encouraging greater capacity and lower rates. Today, approximately two-thirds of New York City households have access to FiOS (with access for at least 60% of homes in all boroughs), and the franchise agreement requires FiOS service to be available to 79% of residential households by the end of 2012, 93% by the end of 2013, and 100% by the end of 2014.

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