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California Bill Would Require That AT&T And Comcast Make Broadband Affordable For Poor People (www.techdirt.com)
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The proposal comes after Republicans killed a federal FCC program that provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans. The Republicans in question claimed they killed the popular program to save money, but a follow up study showed that the program more than paid for itself (by a factor of four) because it helped expand access to remote healthcare, employment, and education.

My state fighting a good fight. We’re flawed, but we sometimes get it right.

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[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A $30 discount sometimes still leaves a sizable bill, but getting rid of something like that should be criminal.

[–] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ISPs really tried to make plans specially that were covered in whole by these credits, because it meant they could get customers who otherwise they wouldn't have at all, and of course for the ISPs that gave a shit, it was also just a good thing to do.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

That's good that they have plans like that