The great broadband divide: Living without high-speed internet access

For about half of Americans, high-speed internet – a modern necessity, especially now during the COVID pandemic – is either unavailable or unaffordable

States Eager to Expand Broadband, Wary of CARES Act Deadline

Officials from states across the country who are hoping to expand broadband internet to underserved areas with federal money appropriated to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic are scrambling to finish the projects by the end of the year.

Rural Broadband Deployment | Rural Counties

Last week, Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) introduced legislation to immediately fund broadband deployment in unserved and rural areas. The Developing Economic Prosperity and Linking Our Youth through (DEPLOY) Broadband Act would appropriate $6.5 billion to the Federal Communications Commission (F...

Colleges gear up for uncertain fall semester amid COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing colleges and universities across the U.S. to make difficult decisions about how and when to reopen. WIRED journalist Pia ...

Why Some Rural Communities Lack High-Speed Internet

Experts say rural residents are the least likely Americans to have access to the higher speeds of Internet that are increasingly necessary for work, education and health-care in modern society.

Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google head to Congress, an event years in the making

Silicon Valley faces a reckoning over its dominance.

The coronavirus pandemic is expanding California’s digital divide – TechCrunch

If every California student without an adequate internet connection got together and formed a state, it would contain more people than Idaho or Hawaii.

Bridge the digital divide with action on creating access to broadband for all

COVID-19 shines a harsh spotlight on California’s digital equity; we need action now from state leaders to extend the reach of broadband to all, former state Sen. Martha M. Escutia