Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explores the plight of disconnected Americans in her new book, “Digitally Invisible: How the Internet Is Creating the New Underclass.”
Reliable information, telehealth services and social support may be harder to come by for the unconnected. Researchers found the correlation across rural, urban and suburban communities.
Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.
Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel talks improving broadband access, starting with building better maps to show who does and doesn’t have fast internet.