Some kids still don t have internet access, but Chicago is working to end that
and last updated 2021-02-01 10:13:57-05
Adapting to life online is something most of us have gone through at this point.
âThe first day was chaos,â said Claiborne Wade, a husband and parent of four kids. âEither Iâm checking emails in between class time or my kids are asking, dad can you help me with this, whatâs this letter, or what s this word and how do you spell this, to making sure I have lunch ready for them on time, or even with breakfast.â
The ink is just beginning to dry on the FCC s initial $9.2 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, but some in the telecom industry are already raising questions about the entities receiving funds, what they plan to spend it on, and whether they might be able to effectively cross the digital divide. Confusion and corruption may just be beginning, wrote Christopher Mitchell, director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), on the group s MuniNetworks website. Mitchell raised a number of questions about how some of the auction s biggest winners might effectively deploy a range of telecom technologies in rural areas.