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California’s main broadband challenge
Mario Ramirez Garcia, 10, attends online school in the bedroom he shares with his sister on April 23, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
A photo of two Salinas students trying to log into Zoom classes via wifi in a Taco Bell parking lot went viral last year, symbolizing how unequal internet access could block children from their right to an equal and high quality education. Lawmakers have since introduced at least 20 proposals aiming to close California’s digital divide once and for all, primarily by funding broadband infrastructure in remote parts of the state. But an unprecedented CalMatters analysis reveals that cost, not internet infrastructure, is the biggest barrier for the vast majority of families. In other words, even if high-speed broadband were available to every California household, many familie ....

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