Broadband Economic Benefits: Why Invest in Broadband Infrastructure and Adoption?

The long-term economic benefits of providing broadband access to every rural community exceed the cost of building that infrastructure. And it isn’t even close.

By Roberto Gallardo and Mark Rembert

Full Story: http://www.dailyyonder.com/broadband-economic-benefits-invest-broadband-infrastructure-adoption/2017/08/07/20695/

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The digital divide between rural and urban America’s access to internet

The internet is not a luxury.

Last year a federal court defined it as a basic utility like running water or electricity, but in rural areas across America, high-speed internet often ends at the county line.

Full Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rural-areas-internet-access-dawsonville-georgia/