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March 26, 2020 06:48 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/26/21195760/fcc-internet-connection-social-distancing-gigi-sohn-coronavirus
The FCC should let itself do more to keep Americans connected through the pandemic
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools and workplaces to close all over the country, tens of millions of American children have started to attend classes online and tens of millions of American adults are now teleworking from home. This crisis has highlighted how many Americans lack high-speed wired broadband internet at home (approximately 141 million) and specifically how many school-age children are disconnected (as many as 12 million).
This digital divide did not happen by accident. It is the result of years of scorched-earth deregulation and consolidation pushed by large cable and broadband companies and a government that, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, believes that somehow the so-called “free market” will...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/26/21195760/fcc-internet-connection-social-distancing-gigi-sohn-coronavirus
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