COLUMN: Broadband access helps economy
People's Defender
It goes without saying that broadband-high speed Internet is changing the way Americans live their lives. It's almost hard to remember how many of us got by without it. With access to broadband, we can easily sell a car, rent an apartment, look for a job, read the news, or manage a business. Broadband can connect you to the rest of the world on your schedule, at your convenience and almost anywhere - that is unless you live in rural America.
Today too few rural Americans can take advantage of the opportunities broadband provides. Only half of rural residents can access broadband - compared to 65 percent nationwide - because too many communities in rural America don't have adequate broadband infrastructure.
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It goes without saying that broadband-high speed Internet is changing the way Americans live their lives. It's almost hard to remember how many of us got by without it. With access to broadband, we can easily sell a car, rent an apartment, look for a job, read the news, or manage a business. Broadband can connect you to the rest of the world on your schedule, at your convenience and almost anywhere - that is unless you live in rural America.
Today too few rural Americans can take advantage of the opportunities broadband provides. Only half of rural residents can access broadband - compared to 65 percent nationwide - because too many communities in rural America don't have adequate broadband infrastructure.
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Labels: broadband, broadband stimulus
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