Do Internet Offers For Low-Income Families Come With Strings Attached? [telecom]

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For years, L.A. neighborhoods like Watts and Boyle Heights have been stuck on the wrong side of a "digital divide": few families in these low-income communities have access to computers and high-speed internet.

This long-standing problem has become an acute educational crisis during the pandemic. Many children, particularly those in middle- and high school, need internet access in order to do their homework.