If you take a look at the Commerce Department's National Broadband Service map, you'll see that a lot of America still doesn't have a broadband Internet connection. It might look like sparsely populated areas, but in reality 28 percent of Americans don't use the Internet, according to the NY Times. A lot of times, as the article explains, it's not for lack of want: These people simply don't have access.
Only 68 percent of Americans have access to broadband, according to a survey of 54,000 completed by the Commerce Department. Some people in Thomasville, Ala. have had to resort to driving to their local library's parking lot to get a wireless signal. (The librarian took pity on them and now leaves the router on all night. If you need the password, it's posted on the library door.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: Broadband Service In Rural America Needs Lots of Work - Techland - TIME.com
Author: Michelle Castillo
