EditorialDaniel Heredia, a volunteer with NYC Mesh, a nonprofit communiity Wi-Fi initiative, installs a router on an apartment building in New York, April 17, 2021. (Jose A. Alvarado Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialBeth Revis, an author, in the parking lot outside Mount Vernon-Ruth Elementary School, where she uses the free Wi-Fi, in Rutherfordton, N.C., on April 24, 2020. (Jacob Biba/The New York Times)