Pandemic highlights need for better rural internet access - Entrepreneur Generations

Lack of access to health care and education during the pandemic has highlighted the need for better broadband access in rural areas, Gene Zaleski reports for The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, S.C.

For example, many students in Orangeburg County didn't have good enough internet access to do their homework or distance learning this spring, so the county school district outfitted buses with wi-fi and sent them into neighborhoods where it was needed, Zaleski reports.

Other rural areas across the nation are facing the same issues. Verizon is testing a new LTE home internet service specifically meant to bring faster internet to rural areas, but it's still comparatively slow, Monica Chin reports for The Verge.

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