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Njengentloko yenkampani yeFortune 500 esekwe kwiTwin Cities, iBeth Ford yongamela ishishini leebhiliyoni ezili-14 elinabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-9,000. Ukanti I-Land O' Lakes ikwangumanyano lwabalimi olumalunga nama-3,300 amalungu abalimi. Xa ubhubhane wahlasela, uFord-obeyi-CEO ukusukela ngo-2018-waqonda ukuba iziseko zedijithali ezibuthathaka zaseMelika zaziza kongeza enye imiceli mngeni enxulumene ne-COVID kuluntu lwasefama asebenza nalo.
Bangaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-42 abantu base-US abangakwazi ukufikelela kwi-broadband, kwaye uninzi lukwiindawo ezisemaphandleni-indawo apho izibhedlele zivaliweyo, imisebenzi iye yaphela kwaye ukungabi namakhaya kunyuke ngamazinga aphezulu okothusayo oko waqala ubhubhane. Abahlali abangenaso isantya esiphezulu se-intanethi abanakudibana noogqirha-kwaye abantwana babo abanako ukuya esikolweni. Abalimi, abathembela ngakumbi kwizixhobo zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu ukuphucula ulawulo lwamasimi kunye nemihlambi yabo, abakwazi ukusebenza ngokunemveliso. 'Kunzima ukuba nomlimi osebenzayo xa amandla oluntu ehla,' utsho uFord. 'Kwaye siyazi ukuba enye yezinto eziphambili zexesha lethu yiteknoloji.' Wakhawuleza wathatha amanyathelo.
Kwiinyanga nje ezimbini emva kokuba ilizwe liqalile ukuvala, iFord yaqinisekisa izibonelelo zeLand O'Lakes-iiofisi, izityalo, iivenkile-kunye namakhulu amahlakani ezoshishino kumazwe angama-49 ukuba enze uthungelwano lwabo lwe-Wi-Fi esidlangalaleni, ukuze abafundi bahlale ezimotweni zabo zosapho. indawo yokupaka ukuya kwiiklasi okanye ukugqiba umsebenzi wasekhaya. Kwaye uFord wenze isivumelwano kunye noMicrosoft ukunceda amafama eLand O' Lakes ukuba afikelele kwibroadband kwaye aphucule izixhobo ezikumgangatho ophezulu. Ezi nkampani zimbini ngoku zisebenzisana kwinkqubo eya kuvumela amafama ukuba alinganise ikhabhoni eyongezelelweyo ebanjiweyo emhlabeni ukuba asebenzisa ukutyalwa kokungaphethuli umhlaba kunye nezinye iindlela zolimo ezihlaziyayo-kwaye emva koko athengise iikhredithi zekhabhoni kwiinkampani ezibandakanya iMicrosoft, zongeza ingeniso entsha ebalulekileyo. msinga ngenxa yabo. Yindawo yokuqala yokuthengisa ikhabhoni ephethwe ngumlimi kweli lizwe.
KwaFord, ukutyala imali kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni akwenzi nje ubomi bubengcono kumafama. 'Wonke umntu ufanele ayixhalabele le nto,' utsho. 'Kuba ukutya ngumba wokhuseleko. Ngumcimbi waseMelika wokhuphiswano. Yaye yinto efanelekileyo ukuyenza.'
