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Sacramento to provide 10,000 households with free internet

StateScoop: Sacramento, California, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Monday the city will provide 10,000 households with free high-speed internet, starting this week, as it implements a new digital equity pilot program.

The program, which is being run in partnership with the United Way and Comcast, will fund internet service for 10,000 households containing seniors or school-aged children and provide free devices, such as laptops and Wi-Fi hot spots, for 1,000 individuals or families across the city. The city expects to spend roughly $500,000 of the $89 million it received in federal funding earlier this year from the CARES Act on the project, which is expected to run through next January. After that, participating families will be offered Comcast internet subscriptions for $10 per month.

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