FFB Episode 25 - Fiber Broadband Can Eliminate The North American Rural Digital Divide

Fiber for Breakfast with Gary Bolton · Jun 24, 2021 · 29m

Rural areas in North America have lacked adequate high speed broadband availability compared to metropolitan areas for many years representing a digital divide in the continent. The pandemic highlighted that challenge after forcing nearly all interactions to be conducted from the home, exposing the insufficiency or lack of broadband available in these areas. The result is lower productivity, lagging education, declining economic development opportunities and poorer health outcomes for rural residents. In this episode of Fiber for Breakfast, John George, Sr. Director, Solutions and…