Californians love computers. They surf and tweet and friend and link. They have a need for (broadband) speed and can't get enough fiber-optics. Read More>>>
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Although the number of Californians with home computers and broadband Internet continues to grow, few Latino families have high speed Web access at home. A survey by the Public Policy Institute of California finds only 39 percent of Latinos subscribe to some kind of broadband [...]
So how did it come to this - that powerhouse California, a nation-state of 33 million with a budget larger than most small countries, has again been brought to its knees in a life-or-death struggle for financial survival? And just how familiar is this scenario? [...]
A slumping economy didn't stop an increasing number of Californians from accessing the Internet in their homes using broadband, but the digital divide along ethnic and income lines persists, according to a recent study. Read More>>>
Hooking up all Californians with broadband access to Web must be a priority for state and local leaders. Read More>>>
On a normal day, it's just Vivienne Brunigis and Danny Fluke holding down the fort at Northside Clinic in Greeley Hill, 30 miles north of Mariposa. The Dynamic Duo. On Wednesday, Brunigis, the nurse practitioner, and Fluke, licensed vocational nurse, were joined by some 40 [...]
On a normal day, it's just Vivienne Brunigis and Danny Fluke holding down the fort at Northside Clinic in Greeley Hill, 30 miles north of Mariposa. On Wednesday, Brunigis, the nurse practitioner, and Fluke, licensed vocational nurse, were joined by medical professionals throughout the San [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
ONE OF the smartest strategies California can embrace to spur economic recovery and enhance the state's global competitiveness is to get all residents connected through broadband - high-speed access to the Internet - at home, school, work and in all public places. Read More>>>
The technology fund unveiled the "Get Connected" campaign at the Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center in East Los Angeles. It will target disadvantaged and rural communities statewide that are lagging behind in accessing the social, information and economic benefits of high‐speed, broadband connectivity. In Los [...]