President Biden just announced a massive infrastructure plan — including $100 billion to ensure everyone in this country can access broadband.
It’s encouraging that our leaders are finally starting to treat broadband as the basic necessity it is.
It’s encouraging that our leaders are finally starting to treat broadband as the basic necessity it is.
Broadband access is about more than the internet – it’s an issue of systemic equality.
People without broadband are more likely to be people of color, rural, and low-income. Without broadband, many opportunities in employment, education — even vaccine access — are out of reach.
People without broadband are more likely to be people of color, rural, and low-income. Without broadband, many opportunities in employment, education — even vaccine access — are out of reach.
COVID-19 showed us how important internet access is to our everyday lives — but the digital divide existed long before the pandemic and will continue unless our government takes necessary action.
We must use this moment to give broadband access the attention it needs.
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