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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by jlmorton on Monday July 23, 2018 @07:32PM (#17596911)
You can get a Samsung Chromebook for $75. The FCC operates the Lifeline program, which provides subsidized Internet access to low-income Americans, but the program was gutted about three months ago, dropping about 70% of enrollees.
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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by Fnoord on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:30AM (#17599355)
There's also a second hand surplus of old technology. They may have wear & tear and other disadvantages though compared to today's standards: slower CPU, slower IO, less RAM, HDD instead of SSD, dead pixels, (half) dead batteries just to mention a few but hey its an option.
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