Community Broadband Media Roundup - April 20

California 

Digital divide leaves rural and poor Sonoma County students with no Internet connection by Yousef Baig, The Press Democrat

 

Colorado

Internet service in western Colorado was so terrible that towns and counties built their own telecom by Tamara Chuang, Colorado Sun

 

How do you study online without a computer or Internet access? It’s a reality for many Colorado kids by Erica Brenlin, Colorado Sun 

 

Connecticut

Connecticut opens investigation into Frontier's business practices by Peter Cameron, Sun Prairie Star

 

Indiana

Schools, donors rush to fill 'digital divide' and keep students learning during closures by Arika Herron, IndyStar

 

Unpaid bills put free Internet offers out of reach for some Indianapolis families by Stephanie Wang and Dylan Peers McCoy, Chalkbeat

 

Kansas

To the bookmobile! Library delivers Wi-Fi to those in need by Brianna Childers, Government Technology 

 

Vermont

7 Vermont towns comprise new community broadband group, WCAX3

 

General 

US's digital divide 'is going to kill people' as Covid-19 exposes inequalities by Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian

 

Communities working to close the digital divide amid COVID-19 by Tim Sandle, Digital Journal 

 

Report underscores role of state policy in broadband expansion by Kathryn de Wit & Dan Kitson, Pew Trusts

 

Opinion: FCC’s better broadband mapping is needed upgrade, Government Technology 

 

Help is on the way: Rural broadband funding update by Kara Mullaley, Broadband Communities 

 

I live in rural America cut off from the Internet. The pandemic has made me more isolated than ever by Karie Fugett, Vox

 

AT&T gave FCC false broadband-coverage data in parts of 20 states by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica 

 

Lack of Internet exposes digital divide, The Community Voice