Rural America Gets Wired

US has paid providers $1B to bring broadband to remote areas; progress is uneven

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2007 7:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Measured by President Bush's goal—to give every America access to broadband this year—it's not a success. But the effort to wire rural America has made impressive progress, the Economist reports. The US government has given more than $1 billion to internet providers in... Read full story »

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