Such debates are happening across the country, bolstered by the COVID-19 pandemic moving key services such as healthcare, grocery shopping and government processes online, and now by preparations for a massive federal program to close the digital divide. About a fifth of the country lacks internet access, particularly in poor, rural and Native American communities, according to public records.
Living as a retiree in rural Western Pennsylvania, John Ferketic has come to understand something the pandemic made crystal clear to all of us: high-speed
In May 2020, amid widespread uproar following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others, Tara Vargas Wallace decided to start Amplify POC Cape Cod, a racial
Frustrated by the take-it-or-leave-it attitude of internet providers, they created their own solution and now this tony enclave has one of the fastest residential speeds in the nation.