NH Business Review
But is it enough to keep rural towns from getting left behind?
April 29, 2021
Some 5% of New Hampshire residents live in an area without broadband, and 10% of households don’t have an internet subscription.
Kara Toms had never worried about having high-speed internet in her Meriden home, but when the pandemic hit, her teenage children suddenly depended on the connection to attend their high school classes.
At one point both Toms and her husband were working remotely – she’s a mental health counselor and he’s an engineer – but their DSL connection was not up to the task.