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Broadband and Job Productivity – What Matters?
August 6, 2020 /
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s data suggests that 21.3 million people did not have access to broadband, while Microsoft argues that over 157 million did not actually use the internet at broadband speeds.
Multiple research has found that broadband does matter for jobs, income, business relocation, civic engagement, and health, among other things.
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Broadband News and Updates – National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s National Broadband Availability Map Hits New Milestones – Why Isn’t Montana Participating?
With this addition, the NBAM is another step closer to creating a national platform that can help inform policymakers and expand Internet coverage across the United States.
CBS Sunday Morning – The great broadband divide: Living without high-speed internet access – Not Enough Competition
“What the FCC says is, if you can serve one person in a census block, that means you’re serving everybody in the census block.”
We have a crisis on our hands. ‘Close the Divide’ aims to provide Idaho’s low-income students with laptops, internet ahead of school year
200,000 Idaho students need computers by August.
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