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Make Net Access for Poor a must for Comcast

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The digital divide remains as wide as the Central Valley for the poorest California children, but not because of a lack of interest among our low-income families. After a short news item aired on Spanish-language TV recently about an affordable home Internet offer, 2,700 calls [...]
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Tale of Two Internets

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Those with Internet-connected computers can connect to the world's knowledge, those without are in an information blackout. And how you connect to the Internet dictates what information you seek. Surveys from the CETF show people connected to the Internet at home through computers, rather than [...]
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CETF Urges FCC to Hold Comcast Accountable

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CETF wrote in its filing to the FCC that "if the corporate consolidations proposed by Comcast are approved, 87% of all California students on the free-and-reduced-lunch program will reside in Comcast service territory. This is why it is essential that the FCC hold Comcast accountable [...]
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LA Mayor, LA County Cite CETF in Comcast Filings

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LA Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote to the FCC that the "potential significance" of Comcast's affordable home Internet program "in Los Angeles is undeniable."  But, he added, "unfortunately, that program has not worked well, as the July 11, 2014 filing in this proceeding by the California [...]
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LA Times: FCC Should Push Comcast

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The LA Times Editorial Board says: The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether the consolidation is in the public interest. That expansive mandate gives the commission a rare opportunity to bring broadband, which is largely unregulated, to more underserved and disadvantaged communities. Everyone has a [...]
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CETF and Partners Urge FCC to Hold Comcast Accountable

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Non-Profits Propose Affordable Broadband for All Low-Income Residents The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and 20 leading broadband advocates today submitted formal comments to the Federal Communications Commission calling on regulators to hold Comcast accountable to improve its affordable home Internet program and expand the [...]
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