Free Wi-Fi Program in Los Angeles Fails to Provide Free Wi-Fi (latimes.com)

The Los Angeles Time found no internet connectivity in 24 public locations, despite a three-year, $500,000 grant to provide them with free Wi-Fi service. Investigations both last year and again in March found that none of the 18+ locations checked were able to successfully connect to the internet, prompting a PUC investigation that confirmed only two of the hotspots were working. The grant was part of a $315 million state-wide program using surcharges on utility bills to promote high-quality communication services, though in Los Angeles most of the money for "underserved" areas was being directed to outreach and education. The Wi-Fi company's executive director said maintaining their networks had proved to be difficult, though one economist argued it would've been more productive to give net-access subsidies directly to the poor, a program the FCC recently voted to expand.

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Can you pay for my Internet Access too FCC, please

[io333]

Because of all the taxes I pay so everyone can have free phones, food, rent, medical care, iPads and internet access, I really can't afford to pay for internet any more. Can you tax all the people you give all my tax money to, to pay for my internet too? Please?

Re:Can you pay for my Internet Access too FCC, ple

[mi]

Where I can [sic] sign up for this?

You can start here... And some people have claimed to support the sitting President for the sole reason of having received such a phone. Racist but true.

Capitalists made the cell phones (and WiFi) possible, Socialists are making it a civil right .