California Official Shares Challenges in Providing Affordability After ACP
“You can’t sugar coat it… Its absence will be felt here,” state official says

“You can’t sugar coat it… Its absence will be felt here,” state official says
SACRAMENTO, June 5, 2024 – A California technology department official joined the California Broadband Summit on Wednesday to discuss the state's plans to close the digital divide through other available programs since the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program last Friday.
“The Affordable Connectivity Program was really one of the most significant digital divide programs that we’ve seen in a long time… Its absence will be felt here,” said Scott Adams, deputy director of Broadband and Digital Literacy at the California Department of Technology.
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