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Emergency Broadband Benefit Program: All you need to know

Slow or no internet? Measure and report internet access in your area to the FCC.

Over 160 million of Americans lack reliable or affordable high-speed internet. Black, Latinx, Native American and rural families suffer from this digital divide. The federal government has been using inaccurate maps to target broadband infrastructure spending leaving millions without connectivity. The FCC after recent Congressional action has launched the FCC Broadband Data Collection program to collect first-hand accounts” …

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Empower your volunteers to help more voters in area without cell coverage by putting the data they need on their phonesby putting

Empower volunteers to help voters in areas without cell service by putting the data they need on their phones

Leave a Comment / Conducting surveys, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), internet access / By Deepak Puri

A lack of internet access makes it harder for voters to register, request absentee ballots, see if they have been purged… Voting rights groups helping voters struggle in areas without cell service because they cannot access voting records. You may have the answer in your hand. Did you know that a typical smartphone can store …

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Challenge the faulty FCC data that denies your broadband internet

Denied broadband internet? How to challenge the faulty FCC data that leaves you offline.

Leave a Comment / internet access / By Deepak Puri

Bad FCC data denies broadband internet access to millions of Americans. “The pandemic forced many essential activities online: going to school, earning an income and staying in touch with friends and family all require a reliable broadband internet connection. Millions of Americans don’t have access to broadband – either because it’s not available or they …

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Build double opt-in contact lists the smart way

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), internet access, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

When they go low by denying internet access to suppress voters, go high with free internet hotspots to help voters and build contact lists at the same time. Black, brown and Native American communities; poor rural and urban areas suffer from a lack of internet connectivity. This hold them back and makes it harder for …

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Fight the connectivity poll tax that blocks poor voters by canvassing in disconnected communities

Fight the connectivity poll tax that disenfranchises poor voters

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), internet access, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Connectivity is a poll tax that stifles voters in Black, Brown, indigenous and rural communities who cannot afford to get online. “Poll taxes were essentially a voting fee used to keep African Americans from voting in southern states. Eligible voters were required to pay their poll tax before they could cast a ballot. In 1964 …

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Community organizers arrange free COVID vaccination clinics to help the underserved get vaccinated and get free internet access

Community organizers arrange free vaccination clinics and internet access in underserved areas

Leave a Comment / internet access / By Deepak Puri

There is a stark disparity among races getting vaccinated: more than 60% of vaccinations have been going to White people, less than 9% to Hispanics and less than 6% to Blacks. – CBS News Seeking to overcome vaccine hesitancy, the Biden administration is unveiling the “We Can Do This” campaign. It features television and social media …

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Lack of broadband internet access holds back many poor, rural and communities of color.

Cash cows block rural internet

Leave a Comment / internet access, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Corporations love cash cows: businesses that generate them a steady stream of cash for no money. AT&T, Verizon and Comcast treat internet services as cash cows. These corporations skimp on investing in rural broadband to keep their profits high. This lets them keep their execs in luxury and fund millions in political donations. Anything that …

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Provide free internet access to under-served communities is a very cost-effective way to build contact lists, provide reliable information and encourage people to register to vote and get vaccinated.

The ultimate voter registration machine

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), internet access, Targeting and Geotargeting, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

How can remote, under-served communities get reliable information? How can advocacy groups promote voter registration and COVID vaccinations? And build opt-in contact lists at the same time? Provide free internet access An innovative, new approach uses free internet access provided through taco trucks and other venues to connect with hard-to-reach communities. It’s a win-win-win model.1. …

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Free internet service liberates poor rural communities from COVID disinformation

How to win friends and influence people – with free internet service

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, internet access, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Disinformation kills. It poisons minds with COVID conspiracy theories and distrust of health experts. It is worst in poor, rural communities where people do not have internet access to get the facts about COVID on their own. It is no surprise that poor, rural communities of color without internet access have some of the highest …

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Lack of internet access holds back many communities of color

Cause of death: Could not afford internet access.

Leave a Comment / internet access, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Lack of internet access can be fatal. That’s partially why people of color are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than White Americans. Health groups post COVID safety measures online. Details on COVID-19 testing facilities are online. Vaccination appointments are made online. So, not being online can quickly become a death sentence. How can …

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