O what a beautiful mourning...💵💚🥗

"Bipartisan efforts to bring high-speed broadband to every rural community — including the $42 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program — aim to bridge these gaps. Unfortunately, the process of realizing 'Internet for All' has run into significant challenges and frustrating delays, even before the recent election raised larger questions about the program’s future."

~ Ron Estrada 

"Opinion: Internet Deployment Delay Impacts Farmworkers"

https://www.govtech.com/opinion/opinion-internet-deployment-delay-impacts-farmworkers

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"The digital divide is particularly pronounced among immigrant rural and Latino communities. A Pew Research Center survey earlier this year found that Latinos are significantly less likely to have home broadband than non-Hispanic whites (83% vs. 75%). There are approximately 2.4 million farm workers in the U.S., the vast majority — 78% — of which identify as Hispanic, and many live in one of the 10% of homes nationwide that still lack access to wired broadband services, including parts of California’s Central Valley."

~ Ron Estrada 

"Opinion: Internet Deployment Delay Impacts Farmworkers"

https://www.govtech.com/opinion/opinion-internet-deployment-delay-impacts-farmworkers

O what a beautiful day...🌾🌞🌅

"Rural America, including the millions of farmworkers who support our food system, deserve all the opportunities that an internet connection can unlock. Now is the time for Congress, federal agencies and state leadership to follow through on the promise of internet for all."

~ Ron Estrada 

"Opinion: Internet Deployment Delay Impacts Farmworkers"

https://www.govtech.com/opinion/opinion-internet-deployment-delay-impacts-farmworkers