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Spotty broadband is robbing students of their education during COVID-19
5G could help solve the last-mile problem by bringing high-speed internet from the fiber backbone to the home. This hybrid solution could be a more realistic approach to connecting some areas of the country. However, the effort might still remain financially prohibitive for some providers, which might result in the need for the government to step in and subsidize part of the effort.
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Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 11:43Op-Ed: COVID-19 is normalizing telehealth, and that’s a good thing (Fast Company)
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Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 04/10/2020 - 16:45Location tracking to combat COVID-19 may not be accurate enough to be effective, says ACLU (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/08/2020 - 17:16Our lack of will to expand broadband access has left millions of students disconnected during closures
Internet providers stepping up in the midst of this crisis to maintain affordable service is the right thing to do in this moment—but it’s a short-term fix for a decades-long problem. To truly close the digital divide, cities and states (and Congress if needed) should follow the playbook from the 1930s, and from the many communities—red and blue, urban and rural—who have brought high-speed internet to all residents: