Posts Tagged ‘Internet access’
From one Oakland rooftop to the next, volunteers expand free open internet network
Sudo Mesh volunteers are hopeful that with the new resources and the right work, they can blanket all of Oakland in a functioning mesh network—a free and open web—within 5 years.
Read MoreIn an era of laptops and smartphones, Oakland residents battle the digital divide
Over the years, the gap between those who have access to Internet and computers and those who don’t has narrowed. However, access to the Internet is still a problem for around 20% of Oakland residents, while around 9% of residents can only access the Internet through a smartphone.
Read MoreMultimedia report: Learning in Golden Gate
In this special report, we have created an audio-visual map of the learning resources in Oakland’s Golden Gate neighborhood.
Read MoreInternet access in Golden Gate
We wanted to test what percentage of students attending school in the Golden Gate neighborhood have home Internet access. Over 70 percent of students attending school in the neighborhood are low-income, so we thought this would give us a basic picture of whether the digital divide—a situation in which low-income populations have less access to…
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