Strategy B: Closing the Digital Divide
Internet Access: Percent of households with 1 or more person age 65 or older who have high speed (≥25Mbps) broadband access
78.0%2019
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88% of Californians can connect to the Internet at home through either a computing device or a smart phone. Older adults have less access to the internet at home. Nearly one in four (23%) of those age 65 to 74 and one in three (33%) of those age 75 or older are unconnected at home.1
- https://www.cetfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/005_003_002_CETF_2019_002_IGS_Poll_CA_Digital_Divide_ppt.pdf
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