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

The great broadband divide 09:01. After she earned her master's degree, writer Karie Fugett bought a little farm in rural Oregon. It seems to have everything: beauty, affordability, and just a 30 ... Read More

The Worst Internet In America - FiveThirtyEight

EDITOR’S NOTE (Jan. 9, 2018, 3:45 p.m.): After further reporting, FiveThirtyEight can no longer vouch for the broadband data set used in this article. We stand by the article’s broader point ... Read More

Rural broadband in Tennessee: What the state's doing to expand internet

Lee knows what it's like to live without access. The Lee Company CEO has no broadband at his home in Fernvale, a small community between Fairview and Leiper's Fork. "We don't have reliable cell ... Read More

I Live Off-Grid, but My Internet Is on Point: My Best Rural Broadband Tips

My family and I have lived on an off-grid compound in the rural New Mexico desert for nearly five years. By “off-grid,” I mean we collect our own rainwater, grow much of our own food and source our ... Read More

Internet Monopolies: Why 83 Million Americans Can Access Only One Provider - MSN

The FCC defines "broadband" as an internet connection with speeds of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up.Using that definition, go back to the FCC broadband map and rule out each provider with advertised ... Read More

Broadband internet transforms life, rural America is left behind - USA TODAY

But without decent internet, it's a hard sell. Realtors say having high-speed internet access in a rural area can boost the selling price of a home by a significant amount. Read More

A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of

About 81 percent of rural households are plugged into broadband, compared with about 86 percent in urban areas, according to Census Bureau data. But the number of urban households without a ... Read More

Tens of thousands still without broadband internet, SC investing millions - Live 5 News

South Carolina allocated $400 million to the broadband office in May. According to Jim Stritzinger, the Director of the Broadband Office, they’re working on targeting high-priority areas in the state. Read More

The digital divide between rural and urban America's access to internet - CBS News

Why does much of rural America still lack access to high-speed internet? 04:42 The internet is not a luxury. Last year a federal court defined it as a basic utility like running water or ... Read More

Trump team’s reworking delays billions in broadband build-out for rural America

A Trump administration reworking of a $42 billion broadband expansion program will trigger delays as millions of rural Americans wait for promised connections and the telehealth services they bring. Read More

450,000 Tennesseans are without broadband. Here's what the hold-up is. - NewsChannel 5 Nashville

I would like to download a file in 2022 without it timing out on me in 2022." How we got here While nearly half a million of the 6.9 million in the state of Tennessee are without internet, it's a ... Read More

Projects are underway to improve internet speeds in rural America

EVAN CASEY, BYLINE: Around 700 year-round residents live on Washington Island, which sits on the northern tip of Wisconsin's tourist haven, Door County. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Yeah. (Inaudible). Read More