Inside The Movement To Improve Access To High-Speed Internet In Rural Areas

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Like clean water or electricity, the Internet is now a must in most people's lives, but the federal government says more than 21 million people can't get broadband. Many of them live in rural areas. Now, if they had Internet access, it might slow the brain drain, spur innovation in farming and breathe new life into local economies. Paul Flahive of Texas Public Radio visited one rural community that's turned to an old playbook to connect the disconnected.


Inside The Movement To Improve Access To High-Speed Internet In Rural Areas