How Free Wi-Fi Could Change Los Angeles. What could it do for your community?

The plan would not only help make online access more affordable and available but expand the public sphere, turning every corner park and sidewalk bench into a possible home for the kind of coffeehouse culture that has always been a defining feature of urban life. It would send a message that the digital realm is a kind of public utility, as accessible as water and electricity.

By Christopher Hawthorne, Times Staff Writer

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