As the world continues to get more and more digitized, the importance of having access to the internet has never been greater. The Internet has become essential for communication, education, and even healthcare. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to the internet, and low-income families are...
Internet accessThis paper evaluates whether a policy of providing free, in‐home Internet for lower‐income households can reduce COVID‐19 case rates among those households. Using data from a pilot program in Toronto, we find that deploying free public WiFi in large apartment blocks within a ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The number of New York households with high-speed internet access rose from 725,000 to 1.3 million between 2017 and 2022, but much of that increase comes exclusively from cellular plans, which could mean that as many as 1.5 million households remain "underconnected,"...
The median price for Internet access in the United States is about $75 per month. Yikes! There must be less expensive options, right? Everyone knows you can downgrade your Internet service to pay less... and get a slower speed. But if you're willing to switch providers, you might ...
If you don’t qualify for a discounted internet program, check out some cheap Wi-Fi plans. Low-income internet options from top providers: Optimum Advantage Internet –Up to 50 Mbps for $14.99/mo. Access from AT&T –Up to 100 Mbps for under $30/mo.* Cox Connect2Compete –Up to 100...
Unmet Need and Unclaimed Aid: Increasing Access to Financial Aid for Community College Students In California, public financial aid aimed at low-income students is not reaching some of the poorest students enrolled in community colleges. Outreach effo... JI Lopez - 《New Directions for Community ...
Clarke and Wallsten (2006) instrument for internet penetration using variables representing government regulation of the telecommunications sector to control for the possibility of reverse causation. This paper looks at the correlation between export behavior and internet access in low and middle-income ...
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Internet-based delivery may help expand the reach of parent training programs, although feasibility among low-income populations is still unclear. We examined the feasibility of Internet-based parent training, in terms of Internet access/use and engagement, through two studies. In Study 1, 160 ...
Many ACP recipients are seniors on fixed incomes, and the loss of the benefit means hard choices between online access or going without other necessities such as food or gas, the FCC head said. "We also heard from a 47-year-old in Alabama who's going back to school to become a ...