Support for Better Internet Connection Across the Country

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 -- 11:00 AM

(Gray News) As negotiators in Washington continue to hammer out an infrastructure package, millions of Americans still don’t have a quality internet connection.

A massive investment in broadband is a must-have when pen goes to paper on this landmark infrastructure package. Making high-speed broadband internet available nationwide is a popular idea, 78% of Americans support it, according to an April poll.

One in four people in rural or tribal regions do not have broadband access, according to the FCC. Meanwhile, only 1.7% of urban residents lack high-speed internet.

And the FCC has admitted that its own data likely overestimates the actual number of people with access, a poll by Pew Research Center found that only 63% of rural Americans have broadband at home.

Even when rural residents do have broadband access, nearly half of them have just one provider to choose from, so they are likely to face steeper costs without competition to drive down prices.

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