Education: Emerson College
Millions of low-income Americans could see their internet bills rise next month as funding for a national assistance program is set to expire.
Bell, who goes by the online moniker “FunkMeisterBabybell,” told News 5 he was using cell phone data to create his music and social media content because traditional home internet was too expensive.Affordable internet access has been a challenge for millions of Americans. “This expires in the next few weeks. What this means is prices, costs are going to go up for people,” Senator Sherrod Brown told News 5 of his support for the bill.“When we saw people working from home, it was important. But what also happened during the pandemic that some people are forgetting is we had a U.S. Census. A lot of that census was conducted online. So effectively the message that was sent then is if you weren’t online, you didn’t count.
Low-cost, high-speed internet to be available to all in Cleveland soon DigitalC now covers 20,000 homes with its service.
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