When it comes to internet service in rural areas, the service quality has always suffered, mostly because of lower population counts and lack of infrastructure given the difficult terrain. In rural ...

Internet service has never been widely available in rural areas, primarily due to lower population counts and difficult terrain for building out infrastructure. High ...

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If you live in even a small city you likely have plenty of options for connecting to the Internet. But if you live in a rural area, your choices can be extremely limited. Not only that, each of the ...

My family and I have lived on an off-grid compound in the rural New Mexico desert for nearly five years. By “off-grid,” I mean we collect our own rainwater, grow much of our own food and source our ...

Just because the internet is available doesn’t mean people can afford it. Will funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act help close the price gap that keeps some families from using ...

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