The Foundation held two EBS licenses  in Aspen and Vail, Colorado, and three licenses in Auburn, Alabama, which served all areas within a thirty five mile radii of the transmitter (the "Service Area").  

         Too few schools in the Service Area currently had high-speed internet access available for their schools. The Foundation  helped these schools by providing high-speed internet access to students and teachers, giving them the tools necessary to maximize the internet's educational potential.   Other schools not only need internet access, but they also lack computers.

         For schools without adequate connections, the Foundation  provided high-speed wireless access; at schools lacking both access and computers, the Foundation contributed both free internet access and free computers, routers, monitors and the other equipment necessary to educate students with modern technology.  Additionally, the Foundation provided wireless modems to establish Wireless Local Area Networks ("WLANS") to facilitate students accessing the internet from libraries, cafeterias, courtyards and athletic facilities in and around the school.

         In the future, the Foundation wants to expand its activities to include helping students in those other geographic areas to bridge the digital divide. 

Bridge The Divide Foundation