The Texas Connects Coalition (TXC2) was formed by leaders from Austin Free-Net (AFN) and Technology For All (TFA) to provide broadband opportunities to underserved and vulnerable Texans.
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Texas Connects Coalition By the Numbers
In Texas*:
Low-income households using broadband: 21%
Minority residents using broadband: 51%
Rural residents using broadband: 49%
Age 65+ residents using broadband: 37%
TXC2:
Number of Public Computer Centers: 79
Number of workstations: 1,437
Total number of lab users: 530,343
Total number of training participants: 84,218
Total training hours: 1,277,312
(As of March 31, 2012)
*Source: Connected Texas
