Affordability and digital literacy are still proving to be barriers to internet access for low-income, multifamily and elderly residents.
It's our privilege to produce journalism that fosters democracy this election year, but we can't do it alone. Will you contribute today to helpDaniela Crispin utilized the Teen Tech Center at the Neighborhood Place as a way to access the internet for her school work.When the pandemic hit, Daniela Crispin was 14 years old and entering her first year of high school at the STEM Academy at LEE High School.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Affordability and digital literacy are still proving to be significant barriers to internet access for low-income families, residents of multifamily housing and elderly people in San Antonio. However, efforts across the region are picking up steam, fueled by incoming federal dollars and nonprofit initiatives. Both the county and city, as well as local nonprofits, have also launched programs within the last few years to try to better tackle the divide.
Bexar County allotted roughly $25 million in federal pandemic relief money to digital inclusion efforts in August 2022. Under the amended contract, an additional 1,800 homes will be able to have affordable access to service through another $6.35 million pledged from the county and $4.9 million from Spectrum.Meanwhile, a deal was struck earlier this year between the City of San Antonio and AT&T to build more broadband infrastructure within the city’s least-connected areas.
The Office of Innovation has been trying to help map out and close San Antonio’s digital divide since before the pandemic. It was the office’s early efforts to launch the city’s first digital inclusion survey in 2019 that helped city officials know where to dispatch digital inclusion efforts during the 2020 lockdown, Dillard noted.
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