Sentence examples for afford internet from inspiring English sources

Mr. Marx asked him what he was doing, and the boy told him that he was there because his family couldn't afford Internet access at home.

Persistent digital inequality — caused by the inability to afford Internet service, lack of interest or a lack of computer literacy — is also deepening racial and economic disparities in the United States, experts say.

IN HIS first speech in the role, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai extolled the importance of bridging the digital divide between those who can afford Internet access and those who cannot.

Today's old, noncirculating Rose Reading Room is used mostly by researchers; the planned new library space, tucked under this level and dominated by a new reading room lined with open shelves, is apt to be used by a wider audience, including those who cannot afford Internet service or who compete to share a sole computer with many others at home.

Aung Myo Min's charity, which created it, estimates that it has 3,000 regular viewers within Burma, but admits the audience is limited to those who can afford internet access and have electricity – just 25% of Burma is on the national power grid.

That they can't afford internet access, a $4.50 coffee, a nice packet of crackers to take to a party, that they know how to make one meal last for days, or that they design their days around what free meals are where.

Of the estimated 420,000 residents living in New York City public housing, about 40percentt have no Internet in their apartments, largely because they can't afford computers, Internet connections, or both, according to the New York City Housing Authority.

Since retiring as a security guard, he has written a book on African politics, using the resources in his local libraries "I have a state pension and cannot afford the internet at home, so I travel to two libraries every day, Hackney Central and Holborn, to use the internet for research, type, scan the newspapers, comment on articles online and use the reference books.

That's what some young people do, the ones from families who can afford the internet.

But, he said, if computers break down or if children cannot get online because they cannot afford reliable Internet service, there may be no real benefits.

Ms. Carmichael said she had to rely on Mr. Pierce to send messages to the Persian Gulf because she could not afford an Internet connection.