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By Mike Jackman, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 14--State regulators in San Francisco, about 450 miles away, are poised to make a decision that will significantly boost the cost of connecting to the Internet for consumers and small businesses in Riverside. The decision would hit more-remote areas even harder.

Equality is the promise of the Internet. It's the promise that children in Riverside have the same access to information as youngsters in San Francisco or that investors in Redding can make the same inf

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