Overview:

Today, home broadband service can connect people to a wide range of services that support healthy outcomes; however broadband is one of the most unequal essential services in the United States. Individuals who lack high-speed broadband service at home are unable to access their classrooms, jobs and job opportunities, telehealth services, social supports, civic opportunities, and even disaster relief information. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals who previously relied on public Wi-Fi connections at schools and libraries are finding it even more difficult to access these essential services as schools and libraries have shuttered.

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