Digital divide: Jill Biden visit touts efforts to connect Alaska Native villages to outside world wokv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wokv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
First Lady Jill Biden visited Bethel, Alaska, to promote the Internet for All initiative. The initiative's goal is to bring internet service to remote parts of the United States.
For years, when the tiny Alaska Native village of Rampart s awful internet service would go down, the only way to reach the outside world was to await the small airplane that touched down daily with supplies and the occasional visitor.