**MEDIA ALERT** PHONE AND CABLE COS. BENEFIT FROM AN APPARENT SYSTEM OF “LEGALIZED CORRUPTION”

DECADES-LONG TRILLION DOLLAR INTERNET SCANDAL
LEADS WAY TO HIGH INTERNET PRICES, POOR QUALITY AND LIMITING ACCESS TO KEY RESOURCES

WHO:             
An esteemed national expert panel has been assembled to scaffold a powerful, inaugural record of public opinion on a national scale:

• Alice Stebbins: Consultant, Brain Cancer Advocate
  • Expert knowledge: (former Executive Director, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC))
• Odette Wilkins: Co-Chair, The National Call for Safe Technology
• Heather Hutto: Executive Director, Bristow Public Library
  • Expert knowledge: Rural and Tribal Communities, Oklahoma
• Richard Skaff: Executive Director, Designing Accessible Communities

Moderator: Larry Ortega: 30 year Technology and Digital Divide Expert

WHAT:           
A panel of national experts is assembled to bring to life the historical context of an – on-going – trillion dollar scandal that has caused high priced Internet and low quality service (no fiber-optic access to the Internet), blocking disabled/minority/low-income and tribal communities from accessing jobs, education, health and economic resources. Wireless IS NOT a cogent alternative lacking both in quality of service and safety to users. And, Los Angeles County (and like regions throughout the US) will receive mere pennies, if anything, from BEAD and other government funded opportunities – despite representing the country’s most lacking regions in fiber-optic connectivity.

WHEN:           
Monday, June 24, 2024, 9:30 a.m. PST / 11:30 a.m. CST / 12:30 p.m. EST

WHERE:         
A 2.5 Hour ZOOM Expert Panel Discussion with a 30 minute press Q&A
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkd–opzMrHdM73o1vqkuqOClafh9kGWV8 

CONTACT:      Larry Ortega, (909) 629-9212, LA@LAOrtega.com