Hundreds of Bronx NYCHA residents get
free wi-fi, $11 laptops — and program
is expanding
Posted By: Ribicon, 11/29/2021 8:46:04 PM
The Bronx, N.Y.—Hundreds of Bronx families signed up for free internet access and $11 laptops on Monday as part of a new federal program. More than 1,200 families at the Melrose Houses will have affordable internet access thanks to the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The families lined up in the basketball courts on Courtland Avenue to sign up.(Snip)The program was made possible through Congress, which set aside $3.2 billion to the Federal Communications Commission to help low-income households pay for broadband and internet- connected devices. “Over 1,200 families can get free access to the internet. At first, then affordable after that.
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“The process of coming out as being trans and continuing to swim was a lot of uncertainty and unknown around an area that’s usually really solid. Realizing I was trans threw that into question.
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Free is very affordable. Americans pay the highest internet and telephone bills in the world in exchange for third world service, and atop that we provide free Dubyaphones (called Obamaphones in The Community and La Communidad) and broadband and freeish laptops to The Underserved, while at the same time being excoriated for our privilege. Where does the forced generosity end?