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<br /> 91 | P a g e <br />City of San Leandro, CA <br />Fiber Master Plan <br />Income distribution is where the Digital Divide can be most clearly seen. While 80% of <br />households in San Leandro with annual incomes of $75,000 or higher have broadband <br />internet subscriptions, the number falls sharply to just 30% for households with less than <br />$10,000.72 <br /> <br /> <br />San Leandro can utilize its fiber optics network to develop models to address these needs. <br />Public Wi-Fi can be very effective tool in delivering free, high speed internet to residents <br />of the City. As the City itself has a surplus of internet bandwidth (the City, through its fiber <br />optic network, has a one gigabit internet connection and only uses 20-30% every month), <br />it makes sense to devise methods to deliver that excess internet bandwidth to pockets of <br />the community where it is needed most. Wi-Fi and the fiber network are the medium with <br />which this can be done. <br /> <br />To make effective investments, San Leandro should focus on affordable housing projects <br />that likely have the highest need. The map below shows all the existing and upcoming <br />affordable housing within the City. By leveraging its existing fiber and Wi-Fi infrastructure, <br />the City can potentially help encourage low income housing developers to invest in <br />broadband infrastructure in their projects, such as wiring for in-unit Wi-Fi and procuring <br />Wi-Fi hardware. This Plan recommends that City Staff make this process easy to <br />understand by articulating simple guidelines, partnering with developers, and utilizing its <br />service providers to manage technical details and design challenges. <br /> <br /> <br />72 https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml <br />Figure 42. Percent of Households with Internet by Income