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Why Is Rural Internet So Bad?


Posted by David Garza on

Technology continues to improve, thus enabling the existing ones to carry more and more data. There is a well-documented digital difference between the rural and the urban areas when it comes to internet access. It is quite clear that big ISPs don't offer high-speed internet to rural areas. In the US, only very few of the people living in rural areas have access to the speeds that currently qualify as broad, while more of the urban population does. We are looking into the main reasons why rural communities remain underserved when it comes to broadband internet services. Distance matters It...

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