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Microsoft wants to close broadband gap in rural USA

July 11, 2017 /

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Microsoft is tackling the decade-old quandary of limited broadband access in rural America with an ambitious plan to close the gap.

Today, company President Brad Smith in a speech in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to lay out its Rural AirBand Initiative to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to two million people by 2022. Microsoft initially plans projects in a dozen states — including Georgia, North Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin — in the next 12 months.

Jon Swartz , USA TODAY

Full Story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/07/11/microsoft-wants-close-broadband-gap-rural-usa/455347001/

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