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Rural school districts dealing with internet accessibility issues as kids learn from home
“This country, in the 20th century, we electrified America and we got phone service to everyone in America. It’s past time that mentality with internet service it needs to happen,” said Dr. Nichols.
Nationwide, a million school-aged children live in areas with limited access to the internet.
By: Chris Stewart
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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.
Hate your internet provider? Here’s why you might be stuck with them – Rural America is laughably screwed.
Charter and Comcast have an “absolute monopoly” over at least 47 million Americans.
How States Are Using Broadband Surveys to Fight for Better Funding
It’s well known that the Federal Communications Commission’s Form 477 data, which helps direct billions of dollars, overestimates high-speed Internet access.
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.”
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