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> If someone can't afford $30-50/mo for Internet

But that's the thing- they CAN afford it. They afforded it just fine before 2021 when the program started.

And by afford, you mean they didn't have the service? Because when people who struggle to pay rent (which would be everyone who qualified) have to choose what to cut, they'll cut internet to the house. And the adults will be fine because they have phones. The kids will be the ones who have to suck it up.

if you don't pay the bill, they cut off your service. thus before this program in 2021, did they have home Internet access?

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