Bringing Broadband to Rural America

Some 40 percent of U.S. households currently are without broadband access. That rate rises to 60 percent among low-income and rural sectors of the population. For the nation that pioneered the Internet, extending broadband to rural America has proved a daunting challenge.

Fortunately, efforts to map unserved and underserved communities are under way in several states. Many http://www.connectednation.org/state_programs/ are working with the company Connected Nation http://www.connectednation.org/ to map their state’s connectivity, while states like Alabama have launched their own intiatives.

By Elizabeth Daigneau

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