not everyone could and still can’t afford high speed and Wi-fi and for others, some can’t even afford broadband Internet service.
If dial up was still available (and I didn’t research to see that it is or no), it could not handle many of the websites we surface daily anyways, I’d think.
Luckily when cell phones moved up from just being a mobile luxury and became that device we could also take pictures from, everything else became a package of sorts.
Next we could then log on to the Internet these things. From there, the mobile phone industry upped its game and practically made a mobile/cell phone behave like a computer!
For persons who couldn’t (or still can’t) afford to take on a new (necessary) bill, having a mobile/cell phone and access to the Internet all in one is the next best thing to sliced bread: everybody could get a piece of the yeast.
The not so bright side about that is, while the majority of businesses have gone “mobile” (made their products, business and services available online via mobile devices), we can’t deny that still, having access to the Internet is something that no matter what, you still can’t get around not having.
While libraries across the country make accessing the Internet free during its business hours, all business needing to be done on the Internet isn’t always done during business hours. This shuts many Americans out from having the full experience of having access to the world while in the privacy of their own homes via their PCs/Mac/laptops. And too, additionally, while mobile and on the go via tablets, laptops, cell phones.
AT&T however is stepping up to change that by making access to the Internet for all.
In April 2016 when their merger with Direct TV was approved by the FCC, they made a promise to bridge the gap and digital divide with of access to the Information Superhighway, by providing Internet service for low income consumers—for a whopping $ to 10 per month full blast by 2017.
Until then, you may click here to see if it is available in your area.
h/t theconsumerist.com, money.cnn.com, and lifehacker.com
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