The 4th Iteration of ‘Bait and Switch’: Fraud? Regulatory Corruption? and the Digital Divide!
According to Technology Analyst and Author Bruce Kushnick, over $500 BILLION has been given to Telcos (state telecommunication utility companies, a.k.a. Verizon, AT&T, Century Link, et al) for fiber-optic upgrades to the premises (FTTP) – which was never delivered. Ana Montes, retired 30-year technology expert from the bay area says, “It’s documented,” that the Telcos …
Los Angeles County Supervisors Put Corporate Interests Ahead of the Peoples’ Under the Guise of Closing the Digital Divide
Title 16 and 22 L.A. County Code Modifications are Versions of 2 Separate Wireless Industry Bills Vetoed by 2 Separate California Governors November 18, 2022 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 15th in a 4-1 vote, had the audacity of using the digital divide to usher in a wireless industry dream come …
Digital Navigators – Presentation before Board of Education – PomonaUSD
On May 11, 2022, I spoke before the Board of Education at Pomona Unified School District reiterating the benefit a Digital Navigator would bring to parents of children in K-12. The imperative of making parents better digital partners in our collective quest to deliver a quality academic experience to all children. Listen to comments here, …
Vaccine Mandates For Kids?
By: L. A. OrtegaNovember 17, 2021 Did Dr. Fauci, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President-elect Biden in the year 2020 say vaccine mandates are something we should not be doing? Yes, they did say that. So what changed? Certainly not the science. In fact, children’s risk of serious harm from Covid is so small – …
The Drive to Widen the Digital Divide – CalMatters
My inaugral publication into CalMatters: October 20, 2021By Larry Ortega – click picture for article
December 11, 2021: Testing, Mapping and Survey Train the Trainer
December 11, 2021 Stan Santos of the Communication Workers of America will led a Train the Trainer Session on how to complete the Fiber-Up My Neighborhood – Pomona Survey, and teach a cohort of leaders from Mt. SAC, Pomona Unified School District, nonprofit organizations on how to conduct the CalSpeed Tests on Internet access from …
CPUC’s “scandalous” Lack of Accountability on State’s Utility (AT&T, Verizon, et al) – Must Be Cured
By: L.A. OrtegaSeptember 15, 2021 Top officials formerly with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) told me, fees assessed on rate payers and paid by the state’s utility HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED in at least 10 years. No one within the CPUC can confirm – to this very day – if fees collected from rate payers, are …
