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The United States — as discussed in the New Digital Divide Citizens Class — has fallen far behind much of the world in broadband penetration, and our broadband connections are significantly slower ...

With much of life and learning moved online during the pandemic, access to high-speed internet has been more essential than ever. However major disparities persist in who has that access. According to ...

Want To Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer, Community-Run Internet Across the country, new local mesh networks--which become more powerful as more people use them--are an alternative to big ...

NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet. Daniel Heredia working this spring to bring ...