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21m Americans remain without any broadband connection at all and it is especially a problem in rural areas: the Pew Research Center estimates that a third of rural Americans do not have broadband at home. Poor internet access in rural areas was already an issue before the pandemic. It is now more important than ever
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“I think rural communities are realising that this is as deep a divide as access to electricity was at the turn of the century,” says Abigail Spanberger, a Democratic member of Congress who recently won her semi-rural Virginia seat from the Republicans. “And if politicians want to be attentive to the communities they represent, broadband matters.”
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