Abalimi nabafuyi ekhulwini lama-21 baya ngokuya bephendukela ezinzwa zenhlabathi, izizinda zedatha eziku-inthanethi nobunye ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe obuklanyelwe ukubasiza bathuthukise ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi okunembe kakhudlwana nokunye okokufaka, futhi bahambisane namaphepha.
Akukho kulokhu okwenzekayo, bathi, ngaphandle koxhumano oluhle ku-inthanethi—into engaba yinhlese ezindaweni zasemaphandleni zezwe. Ama-46.5% kuphela amakhaya asemaphandleni e-California angakwazi ukusebenzisa i-broadband enesivinini sokulanda esingamamegabhithi angu-100 ngomzuzwana noma ngokushesha, ngokuvumelana Nohlelo Lwesenzo Lwe-Broadband lwango-2020, olukhiqizwe yi-California Broadband Council.
"I-Broadband kanye nokuxhumeka kwesivinini esiphezulu yileso sikhathi esilandelayo sokuthi umlimi waseCalifornia alondoloze inzuzo yethu yokuncintisana," kusho u-Robert Spiegel, ummeli wenqubomgomo ye-California Farm Bureau.
Udaba lwaba nokubaluleka okusha ngobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, oluphoqe ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba ku-inthanethi.
"I-COVID ikugcizelele ukubaluleka kokusebenza kwebhizinisi," kusho uCannon Michael, ophethe iBowles Farming Co. eLos Banos. UMichael ubize "ukuvumelana kwenkonzo" njengendaba ephezulu.
“Uxhumano olungenantambo olukhazimulayo lusuka emibhoshongweni eminingi eya embhoshongweni wethu,” kusho uMichael ngokufinyelela kwakhe idijithali. "Uthola indawo encane, ngakho-ke kuyaguquguquka, kodwa sekungcono."
ULalo Garcia, ophethe ubuchwepheshe e-Bowles Farming, uthe enye yezinhlelo zakhe ezincike kwi-broadband ihlanganisa izinzwa zenhlabathi emasimini, eziqopha idatha yamanzi nezinga lokushisa futhi zisize ipulazi ukwenza izinqumo zokunisela. Ipulazi liphinde lisebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza oluvumela isazi sezolimo ukuthi sithumele imininingwane yezinhlelo zokusebenza zokuvikela izitshalo ocingweni lomsebenzi.
"Isisebenzi siyayithola bese siqedela isenzo, nakho konke okuya ehhovisi lapho kugcinwa khona umkhondo wesifunda," kusho uGarcia.
Akukhona nje ukusebenza kwebhizinisi okuthintekile. UMichael uthe ipulazi lakhe linezindlu zabasebenzi nemindeni yabo.
“Iningi lezingane, ngokusobala, lalisekhaya,” kusho uMichael. “Sibambisene nomhlinzeki esimsebenzisayo, sazikhokhela izindleko zokubatholela usizo. Bebezama ukwenza izinto ngamaselula.”
E-Monterey County, uMauricio Flores, umxhumanisi wezobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza eBraga Fresh, uthe ipulazi lakhe linezinhlelo ezimbalwa zobuchwepheshe ezincike, okungenani ngezinga elithile, ekuxhumaneni okuhle. Enye i-HeavyConnect, evumela abaphathi nabasebenzi ukuthi bafake imibiko ephathelene nokuphepha kokudla, ukutshala, ukuhlolwa nokunye okwenziwa ensimini.
"Noma yini efakwayo ku-HeavyConnect ihlala ocingweni lwakho uze ufike emthonjeni onokwethenjelwa we-inthanethi, lokho kungaba ukuxhumana okuhle noma i-Wi-Fi," kusho uFlores. "Uma usufike kunoma iyiphi yalezo zindawo, izobe isizibuyekezela yona."
Abasebenzi bemishini yasemapulazini nabo bayakhuthazwa ukuthi basebenzise uhlelo lokusebenza ukubika izinkinga ngemishini, kwengeza uFlores.
"Kuvumela abantu esitolo ukuthi babone imibiko eyenziwa ngesikhathi sangempela," kusho uFlores. “Ngaleyo ndlela bangakwazi ukuzilungisa ngokushesha, esikhundleni sokulinda ukuthi balethe imishini.”
UFlores uthe ipulazi liphinde libe nohlelo lokusebenza lokulandela umkhondo oluvumela ukusebenza ukuthi kuhlale kubhekwe umsebenzi owenziwa yimishini nabasebenzi bayo.
"Sidinga isevisi enhle kulowo," kusho uFlores. “Uma uhlelo lokulandela umkhondo lusebenza, luyasitshela ukuthi singakanani isikhathi esichithwe kulo mkhakha. Uma sinesevisi esobala noma singenayo nhlobo isevisi, khona-ke asitholi ulwazi olunembile.”
Iyaqhubeka imizamo yokusiza ukuletha ukufinyelela okungcono kwe-broadband ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Isabelomali esihlongozwayo sikahulumeni sonyaka wezimali ka-2022 sihlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha kuya ku-$6 wokutshalwa kwezimali ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Yize eminye imininingwane isazosetshenzwa, cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-7 azoya kumaphrojekthi “aphakathi kwamamayela” kanti enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili yabelwa umsebenzi “wemayela lokugcina,” kusho uSpiegel.
"Indlela yokubheka ukuthi, unomgogodla wedolobha, kodwa uma uphumela emiphakathini yasemakhaya, udinga ngempela indawo," kusho uSpiegel. "Leso sikhungo sibe sesiba isixhumi semayela eliphakathi nemayela lokugcina."
Ukuhlonza izindawo ezingase zibe khona inhloso yoMthethosivivinywa weSenethi 28 kaSen. Anna Caballero, u-D-Salinas, osalindile kuMkhandlu.
U-Taylor Roschen, ummeli wenqubomgomo ye-Farm Bureau, ufanise lolu hlelo nemigwaqo, nemigwaqo emikhulu yesifundazwe njengemayela eliphakathi nendawo kanye nemigwaqo yasendaweni noma yesifunda njengemayela lokugcina epulazini.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi isiphakamiso sabaphathi ukusebenzisa lelo mayela eliphakathi njengomthombo ovulekile," kusho uRoschen. “Ngenxa yokuthi izintambo ze-fiber optic zifakwa wuhulumeni, futhi izindleko zithwalwa wuhulumeni noma uhulumeni wobumbano, abahlinzeki akudingekile ukuba bakhokhe lezo zindleko. Kuzoba njengokufinyelela okuvulekile kunoma yimuphi umhlinzeki ofuna ukusebenzisa leyo nethiwekhi. ”
Imayela lokugcina, wengeza, lizothatha indlela esekelwe kuxhasomali, nomyalezo oya kubahlinzeki nakwabanye uthi “uma ufuna ukuza nezimali zokuqhathanisa nathi ukuze kwakhiwe lelo mayela lokugcina bese uxhuma kwimayela elimaphakathi, sizobe 'ngizokusiza ufike lapho."
"I-Farm Bureau ibilokhu ikhuluma ngokukhathazeka mayelana nokuxhumana kwezindawo zasemakhaya amashumi eminyaka," kusho uRoschen, wengeza ngokuthi ubhubhane lunikeze ithuba elisha lokuveza amaphuzu afanayo "kanye nokuwakhulisa ezimeni ezahlukahlukene."
Ezingeni likahulumeni, izikweletu ezimbili kuCongress zifuna ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela kwabantu basemaphandleni baseMelika ku-broadband. Okokuqala, uMthetho Wokuqeda Izithiyo Zokuvunyelwa Kwesibonelelo Sokuthuthukiswa Kwe-inthanethi Yasemaphandleni, noma i-EBRIDGE, uzovumela ubudlelwano obuphakathi komphakathi nezinkampani ezizimele futhi unikeze imiphakathi ukuguquguquka ukuze ihambisane nezimfuneko zokufanisa uxhaso. Enye, i-Broadband for Rural America Act, izogunyaza imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-7 zamaRandi ezinhlelweni zoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US ezifana ne-ReConnect, eklomelisa izibonelelo nezimalimboleko ukuze kube lula ukuthunyelwa kwe-broadband.
U-Sara Arsenault, umqondisi wenqubomgomo yenhlangano ye-California Farm Bureau, uthe I-Farm Bureau isekela zombili izikweletu futhi isebenza kuma-cools amabili asebenzela ukufinyelela okungcono kwe-broadband: i-American Connection Project Policy Coalition kanye ne-Connect Americans Now.
USpiegel uthe lo bhubhane unikeze ithuba lokuthi izinselelo ze-broadband "zaziwe kakhulu," futhi imiphumela ibanzi.
"Ukuze uphendule enkingeni yomlilo wequbula kanye nenkinga yamandla, udinga ukuthola lezo zibuyekezo zesikhathi sangempela mayelana nokuthi kwenzekani," kusho uSpiegel.
Kwezolimo, wengeze ngokuthi, “udinga ukwazi izinto ezenzeka ngesikhathi sangempela zalokho onakho emapulazini ukuze ukwazi ukubhekana nezinselelo ezilethwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu noma ukutholakala kwamanzi, noma ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi. Manje yisikhathi okufanele siqinisekise ukuthi iCalifornia yasemakhaya ayishiywa ngemuva futhi ihlala iqhudelana nezwe lonke. ”
- Kevin Hecteman, California Farm Bureau
U-Lalo Garcia ubheka inzwa yenhlabathi ensimini etshalwe kutamatisi wokucubungula izinto eziphilayo eduze kwase-Los Banos. Umqashi ka-Garcia, i-Bowles Farming Co., uphakathi kwemisebenzi yezolimo ethembele kakhulu kuzinzwa nezingosi zedatha ye-inthanethi - ngakho-ke ekuxhumekeni okuhle kwe-broadband. Isithombe: Kevin Hecteman