Connectivity To Help Rural Kids Do Their Homework, a Virginia County Is Using Secret Wireless Spectrum When telecoms won’t fix up your students’ broadband, how about beaming your school’s to nearby homes? by Jamie Condliffe 2017-06-13T15:55:00-04:00
Connectivity Could New York’s Plan to Erase Its Digital Divide Work for America? The state, which has huge rural areas, aims to bring broadband Internet to all its residents by next year. by Michael Reilly 2017-03-21T14:55:00-04:00
Tech Policy Closing the Digital Divide Isn’t Easy—But We Have to Try The poorest people, who might benefit most from Internet access, are often the least likely to have it. by Jason Pontin 2016-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Spurned in India, Facebook Is Now Shopping Its Free Internet Program in the U.S. The company says it’s a way to help underserved communities get online, but opponents call it an unfair advantage for a huge tech company that’s greedy for more users. by Michael Reilly 2016-10-07T13:40:00-04:00
Connectivity Most of India Still Isn’t Online—Here’s Google’s Plan to Fix That Google is testing new initiatives to boost Internet access in India that could prove useful everywhere. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-09-27T11:20:00-04:00
Connectivity AT&T’s Plan to Hack the Electrical Grid to Provide Cheap Wireless Broadband Shooting wireless signals along power lines could widen Internet access. by Tom Simonite 2016-09-20T17:27:00-04:00
Connectivity The Next President Will Inherit America’s Embarrassing Digital Divide The high price of broadband in the U.S. plays a big role in keeping people offline. by Mike Orcutt 2016-09-15T14:30:00-04:00
Connectivity Governments Around the World Deny Internet Access to Political Opponents Keeping your enemies offline can cripple their chances of overthrowing you. by Mike Orcutt 2016-09-08T14:00:00-04:00
Connectivity States Are Putting the Brakes on Municipal Broadband Tennessee and North Carolina join other states in siding with cable and telecom companies, rather than allowing cities to provide affordable connectivity. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-08-29T13:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Facebook and Google Are Racing to Supply India with Internet Access The U.S. tech giants are keen to provide Web connections—but can a new scheme help Facebook recover from its Free Basics blunder? by Jamie Condliffe 2016-08-09T11:00:00-04:00