Digital access and inclusion are 21st-century social justice and equity issues. Like the electricity grid, railroads, and the Federal Highway System, broadband infrastructure is a necessary public and private good. Because so much of modern life is dependent on being connected, the California has a [...]
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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 [...]
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For 1,935 households in Stockton, it's still the ‘90s as far as technology goes. That's how many households in the city still have dial-up internet, about 2.1 percent. Read More>>>
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There is much to celebrate in the Field Poll's annual survey on the "digital divide" in California. The percentage of Californians with high-speed internet at home has risen to 84 percent in 2016 from 55 percent in 2008. But the divide between those who have [...]
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While Facebook looks to bring internet access to India, many in nearby Fresno struggle with digital literacy. Other students complained that they're struggling to sign up for social security, Medicare, driver's license renewals, and student loan payments. The list goes on. Those governmental services have [...]
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Internet access among Latinos in the United States has increased considerably over the past six years, but the quality of that access remains a critical issue. Read More>>>
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For the past decade, residents of Fresno, Madera and Tulare counties in California's Central Valley have waited for high-speed internet access. We cheered when the state Legislature created the California Advanced Services Fund to pay for the laying of fiber-optic cable in rural areas. And [...]
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The term for people who only have smartphone internet access is “underconnected.” Sure, you can send text messages, take pictures, post on social media, and look up small bits of information on smartphones. There may seemingly be apps for almost anything, but they’re not appropriate [...]
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A whopping 84 percent of Californians now have access to broadband internet at home, up 9 percentage points since 2014, according to a new Field Poll. At that rate, the digital divide -- the gulf between the information haves and have nots -- could be [...]
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