Yes, I agree this does look like a duplicate of Bug #1910555.  I'm not
sure why I didn't see that one when I was looking for bugs that
corresponded to my problem.

Anyway, this solution worked for me:

1. Manually download the bcmwl-kernel-source package from this page: 
https://packages.ubuntu.com/groovy/bcmwl-kernel-source
Make sure that you get the "6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7" version from the 
"groovy" repository, not the older version from the "focal" repository.

(You might also need to install or reinstall the "dkms" package, which
you will see a link to under "related packages".)

(I needed to download the package on a different computer and transfer
on a flash drive it to the laptop where the wifi wasn't working because
that laptop doesn't have an ethernet port.)

2. Open a terminal, go to the directory where the package file is
located and run dpkg with this command: sudo dpkg -i bcmwl-kernel-
source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb

3. Enter your administrator password.  The broadcom driver kernel module
should install automatically.  If you get an error saying that package
you are trying to install depends upon some other package that isn't
available, download that package from packages.ubuntu.com and install it
using the command: sudo dpkg -i [package file name], then try step 2
again.

For me the installation worked fine, and the wifi came back on instantly
and even automatically reconnected to my home network.  I didn't even
need to reboot!

So this is definitely an effective workaround, but this bug won't really
be solved until Canonical gets this patch into the focal repositories.
(And even then, people will still have to manually reinstall their wifi
driver if they don't have wired internet access.)

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  Broadcom wireless driver failed to install  with code 10 on focal
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