Affordable Internet With New Innovation And Tech Is Solving The Digital Divide
“Lloyd Morrisett, the visionary co-founder of Sesame Street, realized a significant disparity between information ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ and coined the term ‘digital divide’ to define the problem. That was nearly a quarter-century ago, and the federal government has since doled out tens of billions of dollars in grants and loans to state and municipal governments and private industry.
Nevertheless, tens of millions of Americans are still without respectable, or sometimes even any, broadband access. This isn’t just in rural areas but urban and suburban areas as well. Technological challenges aren’t the impediment because solutions are now available to provide gigabit-per-second speeds at low cost anywhere. There is no longer any excuse for a digital divide in a country with the world’s largest economy.”