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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
BS. It would not even be true if you said the area was the block the Library is on. Even if broadband were not available, which it is, everyone there has access to landlines. There are even free WiFi "Hot Spots" and plenty of cell towers and access. There are a large range of computers available in shops large and small, at surprisingly low prices on the south side. Plus tons of "used" computers. The existence of a government program provides an opportunity for those who are good at scamming the system, but most of the "poor" who want computers and internet for themselves and their kids have them already. If you read articles about a program, of any kind, and don't realize that the reporter is just using the data and even the copy provided by those promoting the program, you are being very gullible.
Luck;
Ken
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Stick by your guns, Ken. I come from the very benighted area of San Antonio they are talking about. (K-12 in the 2nd poorest school district at the time) I did my "missionary work" as a kid, and found out that people usually <don't> want to be helped. (And that was the "unformed youngsters".)