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Posts tagged: Policy

Joshua Breitbart's picture

Solving Access from the Bottom Up

There is a difference between available and accessible. In New York City, practically every household has at least one option for moderate-speed Internet service. Most have two: Time Warner and Cablevision connect to 98% of households and Verizon offers DSL to 87%.

Yet less than half of the city purchases the service. Broadband adoption rates in the Bronx rival those in rural America.

Principle: Access Tags: Community Internet, Digital Divide, Policy, Social Justice, Urban
Loris Ann Taylor's picture

Why Spectrum Matters for Native Americans

In a modern society, it is difficult to comprehend life anymore without access to spectrum based opportunities. Broadband has changed that.

Principle: Access Tags: Infrastructure, Native American, Policy