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L.A. Angeles County ponders pumping billions into municipal broadband

Los Angeles County, with a median household income of $91,000, is looking to have taxpayers build a broadband network. That proposal has received pushback from local groups who contend that Los Angeles County should use existing infrastructure and leverage federal, state and local tax dollars already allocated to broadband to connect all residents. Los Angeles …

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Manufactured Homes with Modern Technology Attract New Residents

Kwikbit Models How to Deliver High-Speed Internet By Joe Costello If you brought up the concept of a manufactured housing community 10 years ago, eventually someone would throw out the term mobile home park or maybe even trailer park, conjuring images of low-income or transient communities. Those days are gone. Manufactured homes are the new …

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Closing the Achievement Gap Means Closing the Digital Divide

It’s hard to overstate the importance of education among the Latino community. Education has always been the great equalizer to help achieve the American dream. And in recent years, it was almost a dream being realized: standardized test scores were on the rise for five years in a row, Latinx students made up 44% of …

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Boys & Girls Club of LA Harbor bridges digital divide at its Wilmington branch

Leaders from the youth organization and Kwikbit joined together at the Mahar House Tuesday, Aug. 31, to celebrate the installment of a WIFI transmitter. The Boys & Girls Club of L.A. Harbor took a step towards closing the digital divide in its community this week. The club’s Wilmington chapter will now be able to provide …

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