Stories Tagged as
Digital divide
Parents turn to private "pods" to school children
Jul 21, 2020
The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.
T-Mobile-Sprint merger depends on promise to bring 5G to rural America
May 21, 2019
But it will require big spending on new tech in areas with small customer bases.
Budget deal includes funds for rural broadband expansion
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Feb 15, 2019
Efforts to expand broadband service in rural areas got a boost from the budget bill approved this week on Capitol Hill. Under the deal, the Department of Agriculture will receive $550 million to support broadband infrastructure in rural, underserved areas. It’s estimated that almost 30 percent of rural residents are without broadband compared to less […]
5G wireless without China
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Scott Tong
Jan 7, 2019
Washington regulators are debating a ban on Chinese telecom hardwire, but rural America may pay the price.
5G promises an interconnected world, but at what cost?
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Erika Beras
Dec 18, 2018
Fifth-generation technology is designed to be faster and to connect more devices at once. The hope is that it may spur new ways of communicating person to person, but also between devices, enabling things like autonomous vehicles. AT&T says it is starting its 5G rollout with a dozen cities where it has a strong client […]
How rural America is turning into a digital desert
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Molly Wood
Dec 6, 2018
The geographic digital divide is wider than ever.
The local, national and global fight over 5G infrastructure
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Molly Wood
Oct 11, 2018
Turns out, building a new wireless network doesn't happen without a tussle.
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The Federal Reserve is taking on the digital divide
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Molly Wood
Oct 8, 2018
Almost 40 percent of rural America doesn't have access to broadband internet or reliable mobile service.
88 percent of US students now have fast internet in their classrooms. Here’s why.
Sep 20, 2017
Four years ago, less than 10 percent of U.S. students had adequate internet bandwidth in their classrooms, based on Federal Communications Commission standards. Today, 88 percent do, according to a report out this week from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. How did the digital divide get narrowed so quickly? Click the audio player above to hear the full […]
A broadband subsidy that could help narrow the "digital divide"
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Molly Wood
Apr 4, 2016
The FCC's $9.25 subsidy will open up broadband access to more low-income households.