In order to combat the “decline in purchasing power” and the “digital divide”, Nantes Métropole will offer a “solidarity” Internet offer from 2024 in 1,000 social housing units located in the Port Boyer district, north of the center. -city, announced the community this Wednesday. The thousand apartments selected will have a high-speed Internet connection (10 Mbits/s), landline telephony, as well as 27 TNT television channels.
The price will be 2.90 euros per month, almost ten times cheaper than most offers on the market. The subscription, entrusted to the operator Qoontoomay however be supplemented by additional options (television channels, mobile plans, etc.) at “affordable rates”.
Already in testing for a year
This public service, carried out with the social landlord Nantes metropolis habitat, has already been tested in nearly 200 homes in the Nantes metropolitan area for a year and a half. It will be enriched with a digital platform for the exchange of services between tenants, a “home maintenance assistance application” and an “application for optimizing the consumption of housing fluids”.
“Digital technology is essential in daily life, whether to find a job, communicate with loved ones or get information. In Nantes, we act on a daily basis to build a united and inclusive metropolis,” claims Johanna Rolland (PS), mayor of Nantes. This announcement comes at a time when the City of Dukes is hosting the HLM congress of the Social Union for Housing (USH) until Thursday.