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This quick guide to getting online in L.A. County is from the LAist newsroom at Southern California Public Radio. We are SoCal\u2019s largest NPR station.<\/p>\n
NEED HELP GETTING ONLINE?<\/p>\n
Many essential things today have moved online, from government services to shopping. But what happens if you don\u2019t have the internet at home? Maybe it\u2019s slow and expensive? Or you don\u2019t know what to do once you\u2019re on?<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve encountered hurdles like these, you\u2019re not alone. Across Southern California, 3.5 million residents don\u2019t have access to reliable internet at home.<\/p>\n
To help you, LAist has put together a bunch of different resources to get you online.<\/p>\n
Free internet access:<\/p>\n
Low-cost internet access:<\/p>\n
Human-I-T<\/b><\/p>\n More info: (888) 268-3921 or vis3it the website<\/a>. <\/p>\n Coming soon:<\/p>\n Affordable high-speed broadband service under construction in South L.A., East L.A. and Boyle Heights<\/p>\n More info: Low-cost laptops:<\/p>\n Human-I-T<\/b><\/p>\n More info: (888) 268-3921 or visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n L.A. County libraries:<\/b><\/p>\n More info: Ask at your local branch. You can also visit this website for laptop info<\/a>, and this website for more tech resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more support, reach out to your local county library. Find your nearest location here<\/a>.<\/p>\n L.A. City libraries:<\/b><\/p>\n More info: Ask at your local branch or go to https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/tech2go<\/a>. <\/p>\n Digital training:<\/p>\n Free digital skills training: Learn Basic Tech<\/b><\/p>\n More info, email info@learnbasictech.org<\/a> or visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Free digital skills training and after-school classes for children and youth: Bell Tech Center<\/b><\/p>\n More info: (323) 585 4579 or visit the website<\/a>. <\/p>\n Free digital skills training in English and Spanish: Human-I-T<\/b><\/p>\n More info: (888) 268-3921 or visit the website in English<\/a> and Spanish<\/a>. <\/p>\n Free digital skills classes for seniors: Bridge the Digital Divide<\/b><\/p>\n Skills training, devices and other resources: EveryoneOn<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[712,3499,133359,133360,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-252209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-internet-access","10":"tag-resource-guide","11":"tag-southern-california-internet","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115261845490995012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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East L.A.\/Boyle Heights, visit the website<\/a>.
South L.A., go to this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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