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Gaps in Broadband Access: Lagging Internet Contributes to Lagging Test Scores, Leaving Rural Students Behind

Gaps in Broadband Access: Lagging Internet Contributes to Lagging Test Scores, Leaving Rural Students Behind

by quelloadmin | Mar 3, 2020 | News

Poor and No Internet Access Disadvantages Students, Including Lower Grades, Fewer Digital Skills, Lower SAT Scores, and Reduced Interest in Attending University Rural middle and high school students are more likely to have slow Internet connections or limited access...

Rural Access to Broadband: the Case in Britain Shines Light on a Pattern

by William Dutton | Sep 12, 2015 | Blog

In Britain, a growing gap between urban and rural Internet speeds is 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. These are some of the...

Electric Co-ops as a Vehicle for Bringing Fiber to Rural Areas

by Mitchell Shapiro | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog

I recently listened to an interview with Randy Klindt, General Manager of Co-Mo Connect, a rural electric co-op building a gigabit fiber network in Central Missouri. It reminded me that the nation’s rural electric co-operatives can be effective vehicles for deploying...

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