Sitting in the cab of a combine harvester on a soybean farm in Wells, Minnesota this summer, University of Virginia assistant media studies professor Christopher Ali was amazed as he looked down at the dashboard.
Internet
Oct 9, 2018
0
11
Being able to connect to the internet is crucial for many rural Americans. It allows them to buy goods and services that may not be available locally; market their own goods and services to a much larger area; connect remotely ...
Telecom
Feb 23, 2017
0
35
To cut the cost of bringing high-speed Internet to rural areas, Dr. Ka Lun Lee and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and NEC Australia in the state of Victoria are experimenting with a way to boost the reach of existing ...
Telecom
Mar 16, 2009
0
0
Sprint and Dish Network are collaborating on a wireless broadband service targeting underserved areas.
Telecom
Dec 17, 2013
0
0
Around six percent of the US population, or 19 million people, lack access to high-speed Internet even though deployment has improved in recent years, a government study said Tuesday.
Telecom
Aug 21, 2012
7
0
(AP) -- Government regulators are planning to overhaul the $8 billion federal program that subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas in order to pay for high-speed Internet connections.
Telecom
Feb 8, 2011
12
0
Federal regulators are set to reveal their plan Thursday for an overhaul of the $8 billion fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas and for the poor, with the goal of redirecting the money toward broadband expansion.
Telecom
Oct 26, 2011
5
0
The gap between urban and rural Internet speeds risks damaging business, adding to farming costs, driving young people away from areas in which they have grown-up, and deterring retirees from moving to some areas of the country.
Telecom
Sep 4, 2015
0
20
Bruce Kerfoot is tired of being stuck in the Internet slow lane.
Telecom
Jun 22, 2011
1
0
A federal appeals court is rejecting challenges to the FCC's plan to expand broadband Internet service to rural areas.
Telecom
May 23, 2014
0
0
