Signs of digital distress
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By Adie Tomer, Elizabeth Kneebone, Ranjitha Shivaram | Brookings
The internet is now a fundamental component of the American economy, creating new ways to educate, employ, bring services to, and entertain every person.
Broadband, especially wireline broadband in American homes, is the essential infrastructure for unlocking the internet’s economic benefits. However, broadband infrastructure is far from ubiquitous, both in terms of where it operates and who subscribes to it, and those deficits are not shared evenly across the country. As such, policymakers must understand how the national digital divide varies depending on the place.
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