Tyler Englander
Nearly 800,000 Virginia households still don’t have wireline broadband internet
Experts say many Virginians still don’t have access to what’s called wireline broadband internet, like cable and fiber. Dr. John Horrigan with the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society told Virginia’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science that, based on 2023 data, about 800,000 Virginia households still don’t have wireline broadband internet. “Wireline broadband typically gives you the fastest speed with unlimited data, that enable people to do all the things online that policy makers probably care about. Work at home. Take a class online.