"On behalf of CETF, Davis Research in June 2018 re-interviewed 546 of 1,628 original participants in the 2017 Annual Survey who agreed to be re-interviewed in 2018 to measure progress and identify barriers to home broadband adoption," the site reads.
The survey found that cost was a significant barrier to Internet access, and CETF urged that Internet providers increase awareness around low-cost options. Only one-third of respondents knew that discount offers existed, while 30 percent of respondents said all Californians should have access.
"California needs to act now to get everyone online who wants to save time and money, reduce impacts on the environment and participate in the digital economy," CETF President and CEO Sunne Wright-McPeak wrote in the group's press release.
CETF asked legislators and regulators, such as the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, to urge public reporting around signing up low-income households for discount service, according to the press release.
