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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not the 1980s.   The DMV is not a suburb in North Dakota.  There is plenty of internet access in this city.  Plenty of urgent care, hospitals and pharmacies.  Per square mile and population - DC is actually an equitable place bs rest of country.  Regardless of color of skin.

Personal responsibility.   Obesity and smoking are not race specific.  There are many, many resources in DC.[/quote]

DC still has a massive digital divide. [/quote]

This is actually one of those fake statistics that sounds good but is far from true. We love bantying it about to prove how woke we are. In fact if you look up the actual statistics, DC has the highest broadband connectivity rate in the country. 99.0% of Washingtonian have access to broadband 100mps or faster. 42.3% have access to 1 gig broadband.

99.5% of Washingtonian have access to wireline service
74.8% have access to fiber
98.9% have access cable internet
93.6% have access to DSL

The stats are all available at industry pages like broadbandnow.com

So what does this all mean? There are about 6000 people in the city without access to speeds above 25mbps. About 3000 with no internet access period. It is in fact true that most of those 3000 people are either homeless, or live in Wards 5, 7 or 8.

But the divide is more or a term thrown around to apply leverage to other problems. There are abiut half a dozen programs that allow those 3000 people to walk in and get internet and computer services provided to their households for free should they want them.

The real scandal here is not the computer divide, but literacy. What good does computer access do if you can't read or know how to use a computer to execute tasks?

But talking literacy is not as self satisfying a talking digital divide.

You show me a house with no computers in it and I'll show you a house with no books. 
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again, if there is a disparate impact based on race, the point is that access needs to be extended in a different way. Saying “Ward 3 got all the spots because they prioritize literacy” doesn’t work. [/quote]

The city could put up sign up "kiosks". Elissa silverman + Charles Allen could man them. While they are on it, they could discuss why our wanna be green, inclusive city is throwing up so many hurdles for non-drivers to get the vaccine- like having zero sites in Ward 3. In a green city, shouldnt you be able to access a site by walking  (the only safe way really with Covid afoot, unless you have your own vehicle).[/quote]

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